Districts1927-2003

DISTRICTS: 1927-2003

Grand Master Simpson rearranged the districts in 1927, expanding the total from 33 to 47 (along with the Canal Zone, Chile and China). In several cases two districts were created with the same number and in one case (District 4) three districts with the same number were created. This alignment, with some modifications, was in use from 1927 until 2003.

1931 REALIGNMENT

In 1931 Grand Master Dean made several changes to the existing district alignment.

• Two lodges from District 22 (Solomon's Temple, Blackstone River) were moved to District 20, which was renamed the Blackstone 20th District. Two lodges from District 22 (Montgomery, Charles River) were moved to the 23rd District, and one (Excelsior) to the Attleboro 28th District.
• One lodge from District 20 (Quinebaug) was moved to District 21.
• The lodges of the Worcester 21st District were moved to District 22, which was renamed the Worcester 22nd District.

4TH DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION

In 1990, the Dorchester 4th District was merged into the South Boston 4th District. In 1995, this District was renamed as the Boston 4th; and the Roxbury 4th District was merged into it, leaving only one District 4.

DISTRICTS

• Boston 1st District
• Cambridge 2nd District
• Boston 2nd District
• Boston 3rd District
• Chelsea 3rd District
• South Boston / Boston 4th District Boston 4th District 1990-2003
• Dorchester 4th District 1927-1990
• Roxbury 4th District 1927-1995
• Waltham 5th District
• Brighton 5th District
• Somerville 6th District
• Arlington 6th District
• Malden 7th District
• Melrose 7th District
• Salem 8th District
• Lynn 8th District
• Gloucester 9th District
• Newburyport 10th District
• Lawrence 11th District
• Lowell 12th District
• Fitchburg 13th District
• Barre 13th District
• Greenfield 14th District
• North Adams 15th District
• Pittsfield 16th District
• Holyoke 17th District
• Chicopee 18th District
• Springfield 18th District
• Palmer 19th District
• Southbridge / Blackstone 20th District
• Brookfield 21st District
• Worcester 21st District 1927-1931
• Milford 22nd District 1927-1931
  • Worcester 22nd District after 1931
• Natick 23rd District
• Marlboro 24th District
• Hyde Park 25th District
• Quincy 26th District
• Plymouth 27th District
• Taunton 28th District
• Attleboro 28th District
• Brockton 29th District
• New Bedford 30th District
• Fall River 30th District
• Nantucket 31st District
• Hyannis 32nd District
• Provincetown 32nd District
• Springfield 33rd District
• Canal Zone / Panama District
• Chile District
• China Districts:
  • China District
  • North China District
  • China (Shanghai) District
• Cuba / Caribbean District from 1968

China District

District Grand Masters

• Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, 1927-1935
• Vergil F. Bradfield, 1936-1938 N
• Nathan E. Lurton, 1939-1942
• Franklin C. Fetté, 1946

District Grand Lodge split into two regular districts at the end of 1947; reunited in 1957

• Hyman Hodes, 1957-1973 N
• Alphonse Rigod, 1974-1979
• Joe A. Diele, 1980-2002 N

China (Shanghai) District

1948-1956
In Recess from 1950 onward; district discontinued in 1957
District Grand Master

• Joseph K. Kirichok, 1948, 1949

China (North China) District

1948-1956
In Recess from 1950 onward;
reinstated for Sinim in Tokyo in 1952
district discontinued in 1957

• Hyman Hodes, 1948, 1949; 1953-1956 N

Cuba/Caribbean District

Direct report by the Grand Master until 1972; Cuba District until 1970, and from 1990

• Thomas A. Booth, Grand Master, 1966-1968
• Herbert H. Jaynes, Grand Master, 1969-1971
• Robert J. Aven, 1972-1983
• Austin C. Campbell, 1984-1986
• none appointed, 1987-1989
• William Knowles, 1990-1991
• Daniel J. Ciesielski, 1992-1993
• Herbert Armstrong, 1994
• Aston H. Wright, 1995-2002 N

Brighton 5th District

Move to post 2003 district page

• Jeffrey L. Gardner, 2004, 2005, 2006
• David C. Kramer, 2007, 2008
• Paul A.S. Bushey, 2009, 2010
• James O. Dill, Jr., 2011

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