Crescent

CRESCENT LODGE

Location: Pittsfield

Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson

Charter Date: 09/09/1874 1874-91

Precedence Date: 09/12/1873

Current Status: merged with Pittsfield Lodge to form Crescent-Pittsfield Lodge, 06/13/1990.

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PAST MASTERS

Need list of living Past Masters

• Henry Chickering, 1873, 1874
• George C. Dunham, 1875-1877
• William E. Vermilye, 1878-1881
• William F. Gale, 1882
• George H. Tucker, 1883-1885; SN
• William P. Wood, 1886, 1887; SN
• John F. Noxon, 1888
• Charles W. French, 1889; SN
• Charles E. Bennett, 1890; SN
• Walter Cutting, 1891
• Harlan H. Ballard, 1892, 1893
• Almon H. Harrison, 1894
• Sears Chester Lyon, 1895, 1896; SN
• George C. Fish, 1897
• G. Albert Kenyon, 1898
• Charles W. Wright, 1899
• William H. Barrows, 1900; Memorial
• Herbert A. Humphrey, 1901
• Charles I. King, 1902
• William R. Thomas, 1903
• George W. Gardner, 1904
• Charles A. Byram, 1905
• William E. Rainey, 1906
• Herbert J. Bradley, 1907
• Levi D. Case, 1908
• Frank M. White, 1909
• William F. McKenzie, 1910
• Robert A. Barbour, 1911
• Wilfred H. Castle, 1912
• Charles A. Acly, 1913
• Oliver L. Bartlett, 1914
• Howard P. Brown, 1915
• Charles S. Shaw, 1916
• Frank P. Simpson, 1917
• Oliver Root, 1918
• Herbert W. Andrews, 1919
• Robert A. Walker, 1920
• Russell O. Skinner, 1921
• Arthur F. Jones, 1922; SN
• George M. Emmerich, 1923
• J. Howard Fryer, 1924
• Charles H. Martin, 1925
• Harry C. Darling, 1926
• Albert E. Wing, 1927
• John Glass, 1928
• George D. McKay, 1929
• Emil Bolza, 1930
• William G. Dominick, 1931
• Irving H. Farrar, 1932
• Frank F. Wilkins, 1933
• David B. King, 1934
• Wendell G. Ahem, 1935
• Harold N. Currier, 1936
• J(ohn). Everett Mason, 1937; N
• Wallace R. Dee, 1938
• Harold S. Clark, 1939
• Ralph D. Jones, 1940
• George S. Murphy, 1941
• William F. Bolza, 1942, 1943
• Ernest H. Thomas, 1944
• Harry E. Adams, 1945
• Robert H. Bolza, 1946
• Harry T. Bardwell, 1947
• Lloyd A. Stokes, Jr., 1948
• Louis J. Heidel, 1949
• Karl O. Lepisto, 1950
• James D. Fryer, 1951
• Thaddeus F. Robinson, 1952
• Donald G. Butler, 1953
• Harrison M. Douglas, Jr., 1954
• Leavitt L. Wood, 1955
• William E. Skinner, 1956
• Edward Armstrong, 1957
• Carl E. Mesnig, 1958
• Walter W. Syrett, 1959
• Bertram B. Robinson, Jr., 1960
• Richard K. Cooper, 1961
• Frank J. Trato, 1962
• Victor R. Carmon, 1963
• Jules E. Gillette, 1964
• John J. Dooley, 1965
• George S. Torrey, 1966
• James W. Wagstaff, Sr., 1967
• Arthur W. Clark, 1968
• Irving I. Siegel, 1969
• Alfred J. Campagna, 1970
• Carl E. Mesnig, 1971
• Benjamin G. Robinson, 1972, 1973; PDDGM
• Irving I. Siegel, 1974
• Stephen J. Twining, Sr., 1975, 1981
• Frederick E. Fiske, 1976, 1984, 1987; PDDGM
• James F. Anderson, 1977
• John R. Sutton, 1978
• Richard C. Johnson, 1979, 1983; N
• Edgar F. Sewell, 1980
• Richard G. Lunt, 1982
• Howard C. Fiske, 1985, 1986
• Michael H. Westphal, 1988
• Harold M. Melle, 1989

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1873
• Petition for Charter: 1874
• Consolidation Petition (with Pittsfield Lodge): 1990

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1923 (50th Anniversary)
• 1948 (75th Anniversary)
• 1973 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1874 (Nickerson; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1890 (Wells; St. John's Day)
• 1895 (Holmes; Centennial of Evening Star Lodge)
• 1896 (Holmes; Centennial of Cincinnatus Lodge)
• 1901 (Gallagher)
• 1902 (Gallagher)
• 1904 (Sanford)
• 1912 (Benton; cornerstone laying for Masonic hall)
• 1922 (Prince)
• 1923 (Ferrell; 50th Anniversary)
• 1948 (Keith; 75th Anniversary)
• 1970 (Jaynes)
• 1973 (Vose; Centenary)
• 1990 (Darling; consolidation with Pittsfield Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1878 1880 1883 1889 1901 1916 1924 1931 1934 1935 1952 1960 1968 1975 1980 1984 1986

HISTORY

• 1923 (50th Anniversary History, 1923-336)
• 1948 (75th Anniversary History, 1948-161)
• 1973 (Centenary History, 1973-93)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• William H. Barrows, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1921, 1922; Memorial
• Charles E. Bennett, DDGM, District 15 (Pittsfield), 1900, 1901, 1904; SN
• Henry Chickering, DDGM, District 9, 1864-1866, District 9 (Pittsfield), 1867, 1868; Senior Grand Warden 1862
• Frederick E. Fiske, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1987, 1988
• Charles W. French, DDGM, District 15 (Pittsfield), 1892; SN
• Richard C. Johnson, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1999, 2000; N
• Arthur F. Jones, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1934; SN
• Karl O. Lepisto, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1961, 1962; Senior Grand Warden 1974
• S(ears). Chester Lyon, DDGM, District 15 (Pittsfield), 1903; SN
• John E. Mason, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1947, 1948; N
• Benjamin G. Robinson, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1977, 1978
• George H. Tucker, DDGM, District 15 (Pittsfield), 1887, 1888, 1889; SN
• William P. Wood, DDGM, District 15 (Pittsfield), 1895; SN

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DISTRICTS

1873: District 9 (Pittsfield)

1883: District 15 (Pittsfield)

1911: District 16 (Pittsfield)

1927: District 16 (Pittsfield)

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