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This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in United States. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
The Worthington building was built in 1955 and adjoined the lodge hall built in 1820 by New England Lodge No. 4. The 1820 building is said to be the oldest Masonic lodge hall west of the Appalachian Mountains. [9] In 2012, the Grand Lodge moved its headquarters and museum to the campus of the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield. [10]
In Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry, every Masonic lodge elects or appoints Masonic lodge officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work. The precise list of such offices may vary between the jurisdictions of different Grand Lodges , although certain factors are common to all, and others are ...
Member of Springfield Lodge No. 4 of Springfield, Illinois. [10] David Brearley (1745–1790), signer of the U.S. Constitution on behalf of New Jersey. The first Grand Master of Masons for the state of New Jersey. [155] John Breathitt (1786–1834), 11th governor of Kentucky. Member of Russellville Lodge No. 17 of Russellville, Kentucky. [10]
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The Grand Lodge of Illinois, officially The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois, is the premier masonic organization in the state of Illinois encompassing more than 460 lodges and 57,000 members at the end of 2018. [2]
Was master of the latter lodge in 1894–95 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine in 1906–07. [1] David Johnson (3 October 1782 – 7 January 1855), 62nd governor of South Carolina. Member of Union Lodge No. 43, Union Court House, South Carolina, master of same, and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina in 1826. [1]
Grand Lodge of Ohio (Now MWPHGL of Ohio) William H. Riley: 1859-1862: Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania F&AAYM Paul Drayton [18] 1862-1865: Union Grand Lodge of New York F&AAYM Richard Howell Gleaves: 1865-1877: Grand Lodge of Ohio (Now MWPHGL of Ohio) George W. LeVere: 1877-1886: Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Tennessee F&AAYM William D. Matthews: 1886-1906