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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

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

DISTRICTS

1865: District 12

1867: District 3 (Boston Highlands)

1883: District 4 (South Boston)

1911: District 4 (South Boston)

1927: District 4 (Dorchester)

1958: District 25 (Hyde Park)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges