MASBoston
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SOUTH BOSTON
LODGES
- Adelphi Lodge, from 1865 until 1920, when its jurisdiction was expanded to Boston.
- Gate of the Temple Lodge, from 1855 to 1952, when its jurisdiction was expanded to Boston.
- St. Paul's Lodge, from 1846 to 1952, when its jurisdiction was expanded to Boston.
BUILDINGS
- 12/27/1866: VII-138; Hall dedication reported in the Grand Master's Address at the Feast of St. John. (held 05/30/1866; see description below).
- 12/11/1872: 1872-205; Hall dedication reported in the Grand Master's Address at the December Quarterly. (held 05/31/1872).
EVENTS
HALL DEDICATION, MAY 1866
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 9, July 1866, p. 281:
NEW MASONIC HALL AT SOUTH BOSTON.
Our enterprising and zealous brethren at South Boston, composing St. Paul's, Gate-of-the-Temple, and Adelphi Lodges, to which have recently been added St. Matthew's Chapter and St. Omer Encampment, having recently fitted up for their mutual accommodation one of the most beautiful and convenient Halls in the State, the ceremony of dedication was performed by the M. W. Grand Lodge on Wednesday evening, the 30th of May last, in the presence of as large a number of the brethren of these different bodies as the Hall could accommodate. The officers of the Grand Lodge were escorted into the Hall by a committee under the marshalship of Fast Master Richard M. Barker, and were handsomely received by W. Br. Charles H. White, Master of St. Paul's Lodge, who had been invited by the associate Lodges to preside on the occasion, the duties of which appointment he discharged with admirable tact and ability. The ceremonies were in accordance with the ritual, and were performed by M. W. Grand Master Charles C. Dame with his usual good taste, and in an impressive manner. The music, on which much of the effec tiveness of the ceremony depends, was of the very highest order; the solos especially were delivered in a surpassingly beautiful and effective style. The lessons were read by the Rev. Br. Dadmun, one of the Chaplains of the Grand Lodge.
At the conclusion of the services in the Hall, the officers of the several bodies, with the Grand Lodge and invited guests, were escorted to the ban queting room, where they spent a very agreeable hour. Short speeches were made by the presiding Master, the M. W. Grand Master, Past Grand Master Dr. Lewis, Brothers Moore, Sutton, Dadmun, Cheney, Apollonio, and others.
