IsaacParker

ISAAC PARKER LODGE

Location: Waltham

Charter Date: 03/11/1868 VII-231

Precedence Date: 04/23/1867

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Waltham and Monitor Lodges to form Waltham Triad Lodge, 06/10/1988.

NOTES

This lodge was named for Wor. Isaac Parker (1802-1825); MM 1825, WM 1847-1858, Monitor Lodge; a signatory of the Declaration of 1831.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1867
Petition for Charter: 1868
Consolidation Petition (with Waltham and Monitor Lodges ): 1987

ANNIVERSARIES

1892 (25th Anniversary)
1917 (50th Anniversary)
1942 (75th Anniversary)
1967 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1879 (Welch; Dedication of Masonic Hall)
1880 (Welch)
1886 (Howland)
1892 (Wells; 25th Anniversary)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1917 (L. Abbott; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1923 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1931 (H. Dean)
1934 (Chipman)
1942 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1947 (Wragg; H. Alton Roark Night)
1967 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
1988 (Ames; consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1873 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1894 1897 1898 1900 1902 1903 1921 1927 1929 1934 1941 1950 1954 1958 1965 1967 1968 1971 1976 1980 1981

HISTORY

1917 (50th Anniversary History, 1917-117)
1942 (75th Anniversary History, 1942-87)
1967 (Centenary History, 1967-196; includes notes on Isaac Parker)

OTHER

1896 (Attendance at Newton cornerstone laying, 1896-257)
1929 (Attendance at the constitution of Waltham Lodge, 1929-59)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

C. Frank Carbee, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1956, 1957; N
Fred H. Hitchcock, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1942, 1943, 1955; N
William F. Jarvis, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1908, 1909; SN
Harry E. Sneider, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1986, 1987; Junior Grand Warden 2001; N
Ambrose Webster, DDGM, District 5 (Newton), 1884, 1885, 1886; SN
Benjamin B. Worth, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1970, 1971; N