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WASHINGTON LODGE

Location: Roxbury; Lexington (1960)

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 03/14/1796 II-83

Precedence Date: 03/14/1796

Current Status: Active


NOTES

Washington Lodge was originally chartered in "Boston Highlands", or Roxbury, and holds a Paul Revere charter. It is named for President and Brother George Washington, who was already something of an icon in Massachusetts Freemasonry (a copy of the original Book of Constitutions was sent to him in 1793, and his correspondence appears in the Proceedings.) During 1808, a number of members of this lodge ran afoul of the Grand Lodge by making "improper use" of its charter to confer unsanctioned degrees in Masonry within a body called the Washington Encampment; a copy of a recantation appears on Page II-400, in which 19 brethren chose to "abandon and renounce" all that this organization had done. The charter was restored to these brethren in December of that year. An account of this affair appears in the autobiography of Henry Fowle.


PAST MASTERS

Need list of living PMs

  • Ebenezer Seaver, 1796, 1797
  • Simeon Pratt, 1798, 1799
  • Nathaniel Ruggles, 1800
  • John Ward, 1801
  • Phineas Withington, 1802, 1803
  • Samuel Barry, 1804, 1805
  • Nathaniel S. Prentiss, 1806, 07
  • Enos Wíthington, 1808, 1810-1812
  • Samuel Barry, 1809
  • Joshua C. Clark, 1813, 1814
  • Joshua Holden, 1815, 1816
  • Samuel J. Gardner, 1817; SN
  • Samuel Barry, 1818
  • Asa Bugbee, 1819, 1830, 1831
  • John Howe, 1820, 1821
  • Chester Guild, 1822
  • James Jones, 1823, 1824
  • Lewis Withington, 1825, 1826
  • Ephriam W. Stone, 1827
  • Charles Wild, 1828, 1829, 1838-1841, 1846, 1847
  • William H. Brown, 1832, 1833
  • Samuel Jackson, 1834, 1835, 1849, 1850
  • Charles Daniel, 1836, 1837
  • DARK 1841-1845
  • Luther Hamilton, 1848
  • George Moulton, 1851, 1852
  • John W, Lord, 1853, 1854
  • Sanford M. Hunt, 1855-1857; SN
  • Charles F. Sleeper, 1858, 1859
  • Francis P. Babbitt, 1860
  • Alonzo W. Folsom, 1861, 1862
  • George Frost, 1863, 1864
  • Samuel Little, 1865-1867
  • John F. Newton, 1868-1870
  • George Richards, 1871, 1872
  • Joel Seaverns, 1873, 1874
  • Robert G. Molineaux, 1875, 1876
  • Solomon A. Bolster, 1877, 1878; Mem
  • Benjamin F. Ayers, 1879, 1880
  • John Carr, 1881, 1882
  • Lorenzo B. Dutton, 1883, 1884
  • Daniel W. Jones, 1885, 1886
  • John K. Berry, 1887, 1888; Mem
  • Walter S. Frost, 1889, 1890
  • George A. Brackett, 1891, 1892
  • Alben E. Carr, 1893, 1894
  • Herbert F. Morse, 1895, 1896
  • Silas W. Brackett, 1897, 1898
  • George A. Brackett, 1899, 1900
  • Edwin S. Davis, 1901, 1902
  • Arthur H. Frost, 1903, 1904
  • S. Everett Tinkham, 1905, 1906
  • Edwin H. Oliver, 1907, 1908
  • Herben F. Morse, 1909
  • Frederick W. Hamilton, 1910
  • George A. Clough, 1911, 1912
  • Frederick W. Klemm, 1913
  • George A. Brackett, 1914
  • Charles W. Hutchinson, 1915
  • H. Raymond Chubbuck, 1916
  • Lloyd K. Allen, 1917
  • Henry S. Wolkins, 1918
  • Harry E, Stevens, 1919
  • Jolin Ballantyne, 1920
  • William H. C, Carrasco, 1921; N
  • Henry E. Hoffman, 1922
  • Joseph L. Taylor, 1923
  • Frank S. Waterman, 1924
  • Frank R. McCullagh, 1925
  • John H. Joy, 1926 ; N
  • Frank M. Curtis, 1927
  • Walter G. Ferglson, 1928
  • Walter D. Carr, 1929
  • Charles S. Walkup, Jr., 1930
  • Louis C. Schoenherr, 1931
  • George A. Elz, 1932
  • Walter S. Frost, Jr., 1933
  • Carl R. Erlandson, 1934
  • Charles I. Folsom, 1935
  • Philip A. Marsh, 1936
  • Thomas Hoyle, 1937
  • Herman R. Green, 1938
  • Paul G. Weden, 1939; N
  • Howard C, Lilly, 1940
  • Willard S. Bowen, 1941
  • Reben C. Bickerstaŕfe, 1942
  • Guy H. Northrup, 1943
  • Edmund W. Pease, 1944
  • J. Francis Dickson, Jr., 1945
  • Arthur B. Chartier, 1946
  • Elmer R. Manz, 1947
  • Chester R. Durgin, 1948
  • Herbert W. Knowles, 1949
  • Errol G. Hopkins, 1950
  • Verdie A. Dodds, 1951; SN
  • Ralph E. Anderson, 1952
  • Thure R. Holmgren, 1953
  • Verdie A. Dodds, Jr., 1954
  • Matthew R. Tremble, 1955
  • Everett L. Hackett, 1956
  • Wilbur J. Pease, 1957; N
  • Austin V. Seidel, 1958
  • George L. Boudreau, 1959 (died in office)
  • Walter E. Brown, 1959
  • Elmer R. Manz, 1960
  • Irving A. Francis, 1961
  • Francis J, Daly, 1962
  • Harry R. Jorgensen, 1963
  • Aubrey Knowles, 1964
  • Daniel Ziedelis, 1965
  • Julius E. Jacobi, 1966
  • Donald B. Cobb, 1967
  • Alan G. Wright, 1968
  • Robert A. Joslyn, 1969
  • George H. Torrey, 1970
  • Peter S. Moore, 1971
  • Frank R. Peterson, 1972
  • Walter S. Frost, III, 1973, 1974
  • Hayward S. Rowe, 1975
  • Charles J, O'Connell, 1976
  • Telford W. Koon, 1977, 1984, 1997, 1998
  • Neil M. Wreidt, 1978
  • Robert H. Norman, 1979
  • James L. Thompson, 1980
  • Robert C. Peterson, 1981
  • Steven G. Koon, 1982
  • Baldwin L. Troutman, 1983
  • Frank R. Parsons, 1985, 1986, 1992
  • A. Robert Crudale, 1987
  • Carl P. Jay, 1988­, 1989, 1991, 2000; N
  • Harold L. Xavier, 1990, 1996
  • Charles F. Davis, Jr., 1993
  • William J. Daniels, 1994
  • Paul C. Davidson, 1995
  • Reed M. Butler, 1999, 2005
  • Kevin J. O'Connor, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007
  • Bertwin W. Gassmann, 2002
  • Leone Brandao, 2003
  • Matthew E. Brennan, 2008-2010, 2012
  • Steven D. Davis, 2011

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1796
  • Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1846

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1896 (Centenary)
  • 1946 (150th Anniversary)
  • 1971 (175th Anniversary)
  • 1996 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1873 1876 1886 1902 1904 1917 1919 1920 1923 1926 1929 1936 1944 1949 1954 1960 1962 1967 1979 1980 1981 1991

HISTORY

  • 1946 (150th Anniversary History, 1946-94)
  • 1971 (175th Anniversary History, 1971-120)
  • 1996 (200th Anniversary History, 1996-24)

OTHER

  • 1808 (Washington Encampment proceedings, II-381, II-386, II-392)
  • 1902 (Participation in corner stone laying, 1902-126)
  • 1903 (Participation in hall dedication, 1903-126)
  • 1937 (Reduction in fees approved, 1937-282)

EVENTS

HALL DEDICATION, JANUARY 1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 4, February 1847, p. 134:

The new hall recently fitted up by Washington Lodge, at Roxbury, was publicly dedicated by the Grand Lodge on the 26th of January last The hall is spacious, and well adapted to the purposes for which it is designed. There were probably about two hundred persons present as invited guests—one-half of whom, at least, were ladies. The orator selected for the occasion not being present, an extemporaneous address was delivered by Rev. Br. Paul Dean. It is needless to say that he acquitted himself ably and to the acceptance of his audience, for this he always does. The music was under the direction of Br. Oliver, and was executed with a due regard to good taste and science. The ceremonies of dedication were performed by the Grand Master, in his usual solemn and impressive manner.

INSTALLATION, NOVEMBER 1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VII, No. 3, January 1848, p. 72:

The officers of Washington Lodge, Roxbury, were publicly installed on the evening of the 30th November. We are indebted for the following notice of the ceremony, to the Olive Branch, one of the best family papers published in this city, and which we heartily recommend to the patronage of our Brethren:— "There was a very respectable audience of ladies and gentlemen present, and considering the inclement state of the weather, the gathering was as large as could have been expected. The exercises consisted of—

  1. A Voluntary on the organ.
  2. Prayer, by Rev. Br. G. M. Randall.
  3. Chant by the Choir.
  4. Installation of Officers, by R. W. George G. Smith.
  5. Chant by the Choir.
  6. Proclamation by the Marshal, Br. N. A. Thompson.
  7. Ode, by the Choir.
  8. Address by Rev. Br. G. M. Randall.
  9. Anthem by the Choir.
  10. Address by W. Luther Hamilton, the newly installed Master of the Lodge.
  11. Prayer, by Rvd. W. R. Alger.
  12. Doxology by the Choir.

The address of Br. Randall was extemporaneous, and one admirably adapted to the occasion, and delivered in a style truly eloquent and effective.

The installation of the officers, by Br. Geo. G. Smith, was performed in his usually happy and impressive manner, and was calculated to make the several officers feel that they were entering upon the discharge of high and responsible duties. The singing was performed by Mrs. Shirley, Mrs. Melcber, Mr. T. Proctor, and Br. Wm. B. Oliver. We need hardly add that this part of the ceremony was performed in a manner highly creditable to those engaged in it, and to the satisfaction of all present. Mrs. Shirley possesses a voice of extreme power and richness, and sings with a style and taste which would please the most fastidious musical connoisseur. Her rich treble, with Mrs. Melcher's fine alto, Mr. Proctor's full and heavy bass, and Mr. Oliver's pleasant tenor, formed a musical quartette to which it was truly pleasant to listen.

The company separated at an early hour, each one apparently pleased and edified with the evening's ceremony.

OFFICER LIST, DECEMBER 1856

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XVI, No. 4, January 1857, Page 111:

Officers of Washington Lodge, Roxbury, Mass.—

  • Sanford M.Hunt, W. Master
  • Charles F. Sleeper, S. Warden
  • John A. Emmons, J. Warden
  • Horatio G. Morse, Treasurer
  • Edward Holden, Secretary
  • Francis P. Babbit, S. Deacon
  • Elbridge G. Scott, J. Deacon
  • Robert Seaver, S. Steward
  • Robert W. Molineux, J. Steward
  • Willard Bullard, Jr., Tyler.

HALL DEDICATION, APRIL 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, April 1864, Page 189:

DEDICATION OF A NEW HALL.

The new and beautiful Hall recently fitted up by Washington Lodge, in the neighboring city of Roxbury, was dedicated by the M. W. Grand Lodge on the evening of the 17th of March last, being the 69th anniversary of the organization of the Lodge. The occasion was one of more than usual interest, and we have rarely seen the simple ceremony of Dedication performed with more beauty and effectiveness. The Hall was filled to its utmost capacity by the Brethren and their ladies, and all, by their close and decorous attention, seemed to manifest a personal interest in what was passing before them.

The ceremonies commenced about 8 o'clock, and were conducted in the following order: -

  1. Reception of the Grand Lodge, which was largely represented by its officers, in their rich regalia;
  2. Solo and chorus, "Thou art our Father", which was beautifully rendered by a young lady, whose name we did not learn;
  3. Prayer by Rev. Bro. Dadmun, as Grand Chaplain;
  4. Opening Hymn, "Great Architect of Heave and Earth", in which the audience joined, by request of the Grand Master, and to the gratification of all present;
  5. Dedicatory Ceremonies, in which the fine Dedicatory Hymn, "Genius of Masonry Descend", was appropriately and effectively introduced;
  6. Address by the Grand Master, which was well conceived and admirably delivered.

If we were sure he would not hear us, we should say that it was one of the best of his many excellent official addresses. He was followed by the Rev. Bro. Dadmun, as the Orator of the evening, in a more set address, of great excellence and appropriateness. He spoke for about twenty minutes, to the great satisfaction of his large and attentive audience. The ceremonies in the Hall were then closed with the Anthem by the Choir, "Glory Be to God On High."

A procession was then formed, and the company repaired to the Banqueting Hall, where a rich and bountiful entertainment had been provided for their refreshment.

The Hall is one of the finest in the State, and is about 45 by 38 feet. It is nearly and richly furnished, and has the addition of an elegant rich toned organ of superior finish and workmanship. The decorations on the wall and ceiling are by Bro. L. Haberstroh, one of the best and most skillful frescoe painters in the city, and it does him great credit. The Banqueting Hall and ante-rooms are all of good size, convenient and well finished and furnished. There is not probably another Lodge in the State, and but few in the country, provided with so many appropriate and elegant working apartments. The Lodge was never in a more prosperous condition, and perhaps never in safer or more competent hands.

PRESENTATION, NOVEMBER 1867

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, December 1867, Page 64:

Presentation. — The members of Washington Lodge, Roxbury, at their regular meeting last month, presented to W. Brother Samuel Little, Esq., their retiring Master, a solid gold Past Master's jewel, of the finest, workmanship, and also a magnificent inlaid marble clock of the largest size, which was surmounted with a beautiful bronze figure of Minerva.

OFFICER LIST, DECEMBER 1867

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, December 1867, Page 64:

Officers of Washington Lodge, Roxbury.—

  • Br. John F. Newton, W. Master
  • Br. George Richards, S. Warden
  • Br. Joel Seaverns, J. Warden
  • W. Br. George Frost, S. Deacon
  • Br. R. G. Molineux, J. Deacon
  • Br. Geo. F. Davis, Secretary
  • Br. Robert W. Molineux, Treasurer
  • Br. D. W. Jones, S. Steward
  • Br. S. A. Bolster, J. Steward
  • Br. E. G. Scott, Tyler
  • Br. Edward Wise, Chaplain
  • Br. B. F. Ayers, Jr., I. Sentinel
  • W. Br. A. W. Folsom, Marshal
  • Br. R. H. Clouston, Jr., Organist

INSTALLATION, NOVEMBER 1868

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, January 1869, Page 95:

W. Br. John F. Newton, W. Master; George Richards, Senior Warden; Joel Seaverns, Junior Warden; Robert W. Molineaux, Treasurer; George F. Davis, Secretary; Robert G. Molineaux, Senior Deacon; Solomon A. Bolster, Junior Deacon; Benjamin F. Ayers, jr., Senior Steward; Joseph Houghton, Junior Steward; Elbridge G. Scott, Tyler; Edward Wise, Chaplain ; Br. C. C. Dean, Marshal; L. B. Dutton, Inner Sentinel; H. Gerrish, organist.

The above named officers were duly installed at the communication held Nov. 12, by R.W. Cephas Brigham, D,D.G.M., of the Third Masonic District, assisted by a *delegation." At the conclusion of the exercises, the Lodge with the guests retired to the banquet hall, where a fine collation was in readiness.

Speeches, and singing by the choir, closed the evening's entertainment.


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 1

1835: District 1

1849: District 1

1858: District 12

1867: District 3 (Boston Highlands)

1883: District 4 (South Boston)

1911: District 4 (South Boston)

1927: District 4 (Roxbury)

1960: District 6 (Arlington)

2003: District 14


LINKS

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Massachusetts Lodges