Dorchester

DORCHESTER LODGE

Location: Dorchester

Chartered By: Everett C. Benton

Charter Date: 03/12/1913 1913-44

Precedence Date: 06/06/1912

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with West Roxbury Lodge to form West Roxbury-Dorchester Lodge, 06/01/1990.

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1912
• Petition for Charter: 1913
• Consolidation Petition (with West Roxbury Lodge): 1989

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1937 (25th Anniversary)
• 1962 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1912 (Benton)
• 1913 (Benton; Constitution of Lodge)
• 1914 (M. Johnson)
• 1914 (L. Abbott; Patriotic Night)
• 1932 (Chipman; reception for Deputy Grand Master Rutherford E. Smith)
• 1937 (Allen; 25th Anniversary)
• 1957 (A. Jenkins)
• 1962 (Eaton; 50th Anniversary)
• 1982 (Berquist)
• 1990 (Darling; Consolidation with West Roxbury Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1919 1923 1933 1937 1939 1940 1949 1951 1956 1966 1968 1971 1973 1978 1987 1988

HISTORY

• 1937 (25th Anniversary History, 1937-55)
• 1962 (50th Anniversary History, 1962-87)

OTHER

• 1936 (Reduction of fees)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• William T. H. Salter, DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1929; Memorial
• Rutherford E. Smith, 1923, 1924; Deputy Grand Master 1932.
• James R. Spear, DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1949, 1950; N

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DISTRICTS

1912: District 4 (South Boston)

1927: District 4 (Roxbury)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges