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TUSCAN LODGE

Location: Lawrence

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 12/09/1863 VI-493

Precedence Date: 01/01/1863

Current Status: merged with Phoenician Lodge to form Tuscan-Phoenician Lodge, 05/01/1980.

PAST MASTERS

partial list

YEARS

1863 1864 1871 1872 1876 1877 1883 1884 1902 1912 1913 1916 1921 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1955 1963 1979 1980

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, FEBRUARY 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, February, 1864, p. 124:

This new Lodge was consecrated by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; its new Hall dedicated, and its officers installed, on Tuesday, Jan. 5. At 4, P. M. the members of the Lodge assembled in their hall, and soon after received the officers of the Grand Lodge in form. The Grand Officers having taken the chairs, the ceremony of consecration was commenced with a voluntary on the organ, followed by prayer and hymn, reading of the Charter, selections from the scriptures and the consecration ceremonies, prayer and closing hymn. At the conclusion of these services the grand officers retired and the two bodies took a recess until half-past 6 o'clock.

On reassembling, soon after 7 o'clock the Grand Lodge again entered the hall and proceeded in the ceremonies of dedication. Brief addresses were made by the Master of Tuscan Lodge, the Architect and the Grand Master. The working tools were presented to the proper officers, the hall examined, and the dedicatory ceremonies then performed by the Grand Master, assisted by his officers.

Several appropriate hymns were sung and prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain.

At the conclusion of these ceremonies, the officers of the Lodge were regularly installed by the Deputy Grand Master, in a skillful and beautiful manner, and the usual proclamation was made by the Grand Marshal. The new Lodge, the youngest sister in the Order, was then addressed in feeling and appropriate terms of congratulation and commendation by the Grand Master. The singing, accompanied by the music of a fine large organ, was excellent, and the ceremonies of the evening were of a highly interesting character. A number of ladies were present during the ceremonies of the evening.

The Grand Officers present were M. W. William Parkman, Grand Master; R. W. Brothers Dame, Gardner, Moore and McClellan; W. Bros. Stratton, Wheildon and Gay; Rev. Bro. http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJDadmun Dadmun], Grand Chaplain p. t.; R. W. Bro. Salmon, District Deputy, and other eminent Masons.

At 10 o'clock, the members of Tuscan Lodge, with their ladies and guests, sat down to a handsome supper at the Franklin House, where a very pleasant occasion was enjoyed by all who were present. The speeches and sentiments of the occasion were uncommonly good.

The new hall of Tuscan Lodge, besides being architecturally beautiful, is tasteful and elegant in its illustrations and adornments. In these respects, in its excellent arrangements and fine organ, it is not excelled by any other hall of its size in the Commonwealth. Upon the walls on the north side (Masonic) are full length representations of Faith, Hope and Charity, in fresco ; and in other pannels the following appropriate scripture lessons:

• Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. – James I., i., 27.
• I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. – Isaiah xlii., 16.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Lemuel A. Bishop, DDGM, District 6 (Newburyport), 1867, 1868, 1869; SN
• Walter I. Churchill, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1934, 1935; N
• Robert K. Disney, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1926; District 11 (Lawrence), 1927; SN
• William Fisher, DDGM, District 10 (Lawrence), 1898, 1899; SN
• Thomas H. Houghton, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1958, 1959; SN
• Clifford R. Milne, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1990, 1991; N
• William Turner, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1966, 1967; SN
• Dean K. Webster, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1914, 1915; Senior Grand Warden 1925; N
• Ralph A. Woodcock, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1944, 1945; SN

DISTRICTS

1863: District 3

1867: District 6 (Newburyport)

1883: District 10 (Lawrence)

1911: District 11 (Lawrence)

1927: District 11 (Lawrence)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges