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LAFAYETTE LODGE (Boston Highlands / Roxbury / Norwood)

Location: Roxbury; Norwood (1958)

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 06/13/1866 VII-83

Precedence Date: 06/12/1865

Current Status: merged with Dover Lodge to form Lafayette-Dover Lodge, 08/31/1985.

PAST MASTERS

Charles J. Danforth, 1865-1867
John Kneeland, 1868, 1869
William F. Mullin, 1870, 1871
Frederic M. Briggs, 1872
Ambrose Davenport, 1873, 1874
Horatio W. Brown, 1875, 1876
John O. Smith, 1877, 1878
William G. Fish, 1879, 1880
Franklin Burr, 1881, 1882
Henry W. Gore, 1883, 1884
Henry Sawyer, 1885, 1886
Albert B. Blodgett, 1887, 1888; Mem
John C. Warren, 1889, 1890
Edward A. Flint, 1891
Edgar E. Gray, 1892, 1893
Gardener F. Packard, 1894, 1895
John A. Williams, 1896, 1897
William W. Merrill, 1898
Austin E. Carpenter, 1899
Arthur T. Reed, 1900, 1901
James W. Blaisdell, 1902, 1903
Bertram J. Watson, 1904, 1905
Sherburne N. Miller, 1906, 1907
George H. Perry, 1908, 1909
Charles S. Hall, 1910
Frank Vogel, 1911, 1912 RW
Ralph H. Whitney, 1913, 1914
Louis A. Anderson, 1915, 1916
Daniel R. Knight, 1917
Frank Salter, 1918
Charles H. Pike, 1919
Arthur B. English, 1920
William E. Crosby, 1921
George E. Murray, 1922
Frank C. Hendry, 1923
Louis J. Van Ham, 1924
Walter H. McGee, 1925
Harry J. Kenworthy, 1926
Clarence A. Bates, 1927
Leon W. Barritt, 1928
Arthur M. Green, 1929
William O. Watt, 1930; Mem
Andrew B. McCollock, 1931, 1932
James H. L. Erdis, 1933
Lester B. Young, 1934; N
Noble B. Steeves, 1935
Warren L. Robinson, 1936
Reginald E. B. Bagnall, 1937
Earle P. Wittet, 1938
Kenneth M. Barney, 1939
Waldo E. Booth, 1940
Carl M. H. Oberg, 1941
Lealon H. Gould, 1942
Loren C. Hiltz, 1943
Harold E. Hiltz, 1944
William J. Carter, 1945
Chester A. Pindell, 1946, 1947
William Kershaw, 1948
Ira L. Ripley, 1949
Howard W. Eldredge, 1950
Albert E. Richwagon, 1951
Robert R. Gair, 1952
Charles A. Perkins, 1953
Philo C. Epps, 1954
Leonard Osmond, 1955
Peter A. Panacy, 1956
Russell O. Barritt, 1957, 1969; N
Vincent J. Krajewski, 1958
Charles A. Miller, 1959
Strates Frangules, 1960
Arnold G. C. Andersen, 1961
Guilford M. Langill, Jr., 1962
Fred L. Toppan, 1963
Hamilton B. McGee, 1964
Alvah N. Crosby, 1965
Walter J. Collyer, 1966
Edwin Moores, 1967
David H. Foshey, 1968
Eldon A. Scott, 1970, 1972
Arnold G.C. Andersen, 1971
James B. Kershaw, 1973; PDDGM
Horace F. Scott, 1974
David Gregory, 1975
Justin K. Hagar, 1976
Arthur M. Papas, 1977, 1978
Edward I. Waldman, 1979
Donald M. Chambers, 1980; PDDGM
Nathan Nuel Rosenhek, 1981; N
Gerald P. Michael, 1982
Karl A. McCarthy, 1983
Harry K. Knudsen, 1984, 1985

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1865
Petition for Charter: 1866
Consolidation Petition (with Dover Lodge): 1985

ANNIVERSARIES

1890 (25th Anniversary)
1919 (50th Anniversary)
1965 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1866 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1881 (Lawrence)
'1888 '(Endicott)
1890 (Wells)
1893 (Briggs; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1898 (Hutchinson)
1900 (Gallagher)
1903 (Sanford; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1904 (Sanford)
1908 (Blake)
1910 (Flanders)
1912 (Benton)
1913 (Benton)
1918 (L. Abbott)
1919 (L. Abbott; 50th Anniversary)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1965 (Osgood; Centenary; Special Communication)
1977 (Maxwell)
1985 (Deputy Grand Master Ronald Jackson; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1871 1873 1882 1886 1889 1898 1901 1907 1910 1912 1913 1914 1917 1918 1921 1923 1926 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1951 1957 1980 1983

HISTORY

1893 (History at Hall Dedication, 1893-27 reference; not in Proceedings)
1919 (50th Anniversary History, 1919-542)
1965 (Centenary History, 1965-165)

OTHER

1872 (Endorsement of charter due to annexation of Roxbury by Boston, 1872-109)
1884 (Petition for a Lodge of Instruction, 1884-185)
1894 (Participation in burial lot dedication, 1894-85)
1896 (Participation in centennial for Washington Lodge, 1896-71)
1902 (Participation in corner-stone laying, 1902-126)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JULY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 10, August 1866, p. 319:

LAFAYETTE LODGE, ROXBURY.

This new Lodge was constituted and its officers were installed on Monday evening, July 2, 1866. The ceremonies were performed by the Grand Lodge, M. W. Charles C. Dame, Grand Master, assisted by the Grand Officers. The exercises were interspersed with music, performed by a choir of male voices in a very admirable and effective manner. The elegant hall of the Lodge was conveniently filled by the members and their ladies, the latter being admitted after the ceremony of constitution.

Before proceeding with the installation of the officers, one of the ten brethren who had been initiated while the Lodge was working under dispensation came forward, and for himself and associates present*") the Lodge, in a modest speech, with an elegant and costly set of Jewels. They were received by the W. Master, Br. C. J. Danforth, in appropriate and fitting terms, and handed to the Grand Master, who immediately proceeded to install and invest the officers with them, as follows:

C. J. Danforth, W. M
John Kneeland, S. W.
William Hobbs, Jr., J. W.
W. B. May, Treas.
C. L. Lane, Sec
W. F. Mullen, S. D.
F. Briggs, J. D.
D.Wheeler, S. S.
H. W. Wills, J. S.
J. Bacon, Marshal.

At the conclusion of the exercises in the lodge-room, the gentlemen with their ladies repaired to the banqueting-hall, where tables were handsomely spread and bountifully furnished for their refreshment.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Russell O. Barritt, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1967, 1968; N
Albert N. Blodgett, DDGM, District 4 (South Boston), 1897, 1898; Memorial
Donald M. Chambers, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1987, 1988
Charles J. Danforth, DDGM, District 3 (Boston Highlands), 1872-1875; Junior Grand Warden 1877
James B. Kershaw, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1997, 1998
Nathan N. Rosenhek, DDGM, District 2 (Boston), 1998, 1999; N
Frank Vogel, Deputy Grand Master 1916
William P. Watt, DDGM, District 4 (Dorchester), 1939, 1940; Memorial
Lester B. Young, DDGM, District 4 (Dorchester), 1951, 1952; N