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HAMMATT LODGE

Location: East Boston; Boston (1954)

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 12/14/1860 VI-331

Precedence Date: 12/23/1859

Current Status: merged with Ocean Lodge to form Hammatt-Ocean Lodge, 06/13/1994. Now part of Mount Tabor Lodge.

PAST MASTERS

Need living PMs list

Continued with Past Masters of Hammatt-Ocean Lodge.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1859
• Petition for Charter: 1860
• Consolidation Petition (with Ocean Lodge): 1994

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1910 (50th Anniversary)
• 1959 (Centenary)

• 2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1861 (W. Coolidge; Constitution of Lodge and installation, hall dedication; see below)
• 1873 (Nickerson; Hall dedication)
• 1882 (Lawrence)
• 1898 (Hutchinson; 2 visits)
• 1907 (Blake)
• 1910 (Flanders; 50th Anniversary)
• 1919 (L. Abbott)
• 1931 (H. Dean)
• 1949 (Keith; "Wor. T. Henry Kingston Night")
• 1950 (Keith; reception for Masons from Pittsburgh)
• 1959 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1976 (Maxwell; installation)
• 1983 (Berquist)
• 1994 (Lovering; 2 visits, including Consolidation, Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1875 1877 1898 1903 1904 1908 1918 1920 1922 1926 1938 1942 1946 1948 1951 1953 1954 1955 1960 1962 1963 1965 1966 1968 1977 1992

HISTORY

• 1959 (Centenary History, 1959-77)

OTHER

• 1913 (Church cornerstone laying, 1913-193)
• 1954 (Petition to alter charter to read "Boston" granted, 1954-98)

EVENTS

CONSECRATION OF LODGE, JANUARY 1861

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 4, February 1861, Page 113:

On Wednesday evening, Jan. 2d, the M. W. Wm. D. Coolidge, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, assisted by the R. W. Grand Officers, consecrated this new Lodge and installed its officers agreeably to ancient usage and custom. The ceremony was performed with much impressiveness, very fully and minutely. The following Brothers were installed into their respective offices :—

• Elisha J. Cleveland, W. M.
• Samuel L. Fowle, S. W.
• John G. Hazlett, J. W.
• Martin Adams, Treas.
• George Bulls, Sec.
• Eli C. Wood, Marshal
• Wm. Constance, S. D.
• Geo. H. Wiggin, J. D.
• Henry T. Bateman, S. S.
• James McLarty, J. S.
• Joseph W. Thompson, I. S.
• Erving Butts, Tyler.

What rendered the occasion peculiarly interesting and pleasing was the presence of our venerable Brother John B. Hammatt, now 82 years of age, in whose honor the Lodge was called Hammatt Lodge, and who, after the ceremonies of installation, was formally introduced to the Lodge by the M. W. G. Master, and addressed them in a very feeling and affectionate manner in regard to their future course — which was listened to with marked attention.

After the services, the Brethren partook of a collation in the ante-rooms adjoining the Lodge, where they also enjoyed the usual "feast of reason and flow of soul" on such occasions. Very appropriate remarks were made by the M. W. G. Master, Bro. Coolidge, the R. W. Bro. Moore, G. Secretary, Past G. Master Bro. Winslow Lewis, our venerable Bro. Hammatt and others. The following ode, by R. W. John K. Hall, was written for the occasion:—

Long may your East with radiant splendor glow;
The West a golden splendor long reflect;
The South its mid-day beauty here bestow,
While harmony and love all hearts connect.

Ever the Square of Virtue be your guide,
While on Time's Level we as Brothers stray;
To walk and act by Plumb Line be your pride,
While journeying onwards in your heavenward way.

Tour Records ever such as He'II approve,
Whose eye beholds each secret action here;
And may your Treasure all be placed above;
For there reposing, you have nought to fear.

They who prepare the Pilgrim come to seek
That Light which shines throughout this Temple here,
Be ever faithful to their trust, and speak
In words of lewdness the lone heart to cheer.

And he who that important station fills,
To guard your precincts from the Cowan's tread,
Be firm in combatting those various ills,
Which would rank discord in your circle spread.

And thus each one his duty here fulfilled,
Meet that reward which waits the good and true;
Imbibe rich blessings, from high heaven distilled,
As the parched earth absorbs the welcome dew.

And as the name of Hammatt here enshrined,
So may his virtues be in all your hearts;
For that long life with Masonry combined,
A glorious lesson to your Lodge imparts.

May he be spared to meet you here once more,
To find you worthy of his honored name;
And when, at last, his labors here are o'er,
May you receive the mantle of his fame.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Frederic B. Duncan, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1946, 1947; SN
• Justin A. Duncan, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1933, 1934; N
• Charles G. Hansen, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1958, 1959; SN
• Ralph Kaplan, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1988, 1989

DISTRICTS

1859: District 1

1867: District 3 (Boston Highlands)

1883: District 3 (East Boston)

1911: District 3 (East Boston)

1927: District 3 (Boston)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges