MASpringfield
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SPRINGFIELD
LODGES
- Esoteric Lodge, from 1909 to its merger with Samuel D. Sherwood Lodge in 2006.
- Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge, from 2006 to 2009.
- Friendly Society Lodge, meeting part time in Southwick from 1810 until the surrender of its charter in 1834.
- Hampden Lodge, from 1817 to its merger with Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard Lodge in 2003.
- Indian Orchard Lodge, from 1911 to its merger with Shawmont Lodge in 1982.
- Indian Orchard Masonic Lodge, from 2004 to the present.
- Indian Orchard-Shawmont Lodge, from 1983 to its merger with Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood Lodge in 1997.
- Roswell Lee Lodge, from 1864 to its merger with Samuel Osgood Lodge in 1979.
- Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard Lodge, from 1997 to its merger with Hampden Lodge in 2003.
- Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood Lodge, from 1979 to its merger with Indian Orchard-Shawmont Lodge in 1997.
- Samuel D. Sherwood Lodge, from 1921 to its merger with Esoteric Lodge in 2006.
- Samuel Osgood Lodge, from 1921 to its merger with Roswell Lee Lodge in 1997.
- Shawmont Lodge, from 1952 to its merger with Indian Orchard Lodge in 1982.
- Springfield Lodge, from 1894 to its merger with Newton Lodge in 2002.
BUILDINGS
- 12/09/1874: 1874-114; Hall dedication reported in the Grand Master's Address at the December Quarterly. (held 06/24/1874).
- 10/21/1892: 1892-131; Hall dedication, at a Special Communication.
- 10/24/1893: 1893-91; Hall dedication, at a Special Communication.
- 10/24/1914: 1914-291; Hall dedication, at a Special Communication.
CORNERSTONE LAYING, JUNE 1924
From New England Craftsman, Vol. XIX, No. 9, June 1924, Page 284:
More than 5000 members of Masonic bodies in Springfield, Mass., and nearby cities and towns, participated in the parade and other exercises attending the laying of the cornerstone Tuesday, June 24th ef the new $1,000,000 Masonic temple in State Street. Several thousand more spectators viewed the ceremony and listened to the addresses, the speakers' voices being carried to the edges of the throng of spectators by amplifiers.
Nearly 3000 took part in the parade through the business district, ending at the new temple. The cornerstone was laid by the Most Worshipful Dudley H. Ferrell of Lynn, Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, and his official suite. Mayors Edwin F. Leonard of Springfield and Norman B. Stevens of Hartford, and E. A. Blodgett, president of the Masonic Hall Association, assisted in spreading the cement. After the two-ton stone was lowered and leveled, the ancient ceremony of consecrating the stone with corn, wine and oil followed.
Trowel from the 1924 Cornerstone Laying
HALL DEDICATION, FEBRUARY 1926
From New England Craftsman, Vol. XXI, No. 4, February 1926, Page 115:
The new temple of the Springfield (Mass.) Masonic Hall Association was dedicated February 16th in accordance ancient rites by Most Worshipful Frank L. Simpson, of Boston, Grand Master of Masons of Massachusetts and his suite. The completed building, considered one of the finest of its kind in the country, represents well upward of $1,000,000. Precedence in the dedicatory rites was given to Hampden Lodge, organized in 1817, the oldest in the city. The cornerstone was laid twenty months ago.
- 06/24/1924: 1924-335; Corner-stone laying, at a Special Communication.
- 02/16/1926: 1926-29; Corner-stone laying, at a Special Communication.