Artisan

ARTISAN LODGE

Location: Winchendon

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 09/12/1866 V-264

Precedence Date: 09/01/1865

Current Status: Active

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1865
• Petition for Charter: 1866

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1916 (50th Anniversary)
• 1940 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1866 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge)
• 1880 (Welch)
• 1883 (Lawrence)
• 1916 (M. Johnson; 50th Anniversary)
• 1940 (Perry; 75th Anniversary)
• 1964 (Osgood; reception for Junior Grand Warden Burton K. Sawtelle)
• 1980 (Melanson; Hall dedication)
• 1989 (Ames; Hall rededication)
• 2011 (Stewart)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1877 1879 1912 1927 1931 1933 1951 1955 1958 1968 1977 1981 1985 1990 2009

HISTORY

• 1940 (75th Anniversary History, 1940-296)
• 1980 (Brief History of the Masonic Temple in Winchendon, 1980-138)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Louis K. Cross, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1933; N
• Raymond J. McLean, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1978, 1979
• Frank H. Parker, DDGM, District 12 (Fitchburg), 1904; SN
• Burton K. Sawtelle, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1954, 1955; Junior Grand Warden 1964

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DISTRICTS

1865: District 3

1867: District 8 (Greenfield)

1883: District 12 (Fitchburg)

1911: District 13 (Fitchburg)

1927: District 13 (Barre)

2003: District 22

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges