Our Beginnings...
Thirteen Freemasons traveled up from the south shore of Massachusetts to the growing city of Boston on Monday, December 14th, 1801. Snow falling gently on the city, these Freemasons arrived in Boston with a steadfast mission and wanted nothing more than to see the fruit of their labor. These Freemasons were...
Benjamin Bosworth, Zadock Bradford, Amos Brown, Job Lamson, George Loring, John Pattin, Lewis Peterson, Ezra Prior, Jabez Prior, Joseph Prior Jr, Matthew Prior, Eden Wadsworth and Ezra Weston. Many of them hailed from Grand Lodge's eldest child, Old Colony Lodge, which was then located in Hanover, MA.
Captain Amos Brown stood up before the Most Worshipful Samuel Dunn Esq. and all in attendance within Concert Hall. He petitioned for the Grand Master to constitute a Lodge "of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons under the title of 'Corner-Stone Lodge'". With the sound of the gavel echoing throughout the Lodge jubilation washed over the Thirteen Freemasons as the petition was so granted.
And from then on Corner Stone Lodge thrived in Duxbury admitting into its Masonic Hall many notable and storied sons of the community such as Nathanial Winsor, Jr, Gershom B. Weston, Seth Sprague Jr, who established the Pilgrim Church in Duxbury and the town's first school committee. There were also many others, some of who's namesakes, if you take a drive through town, you'll come across on street signs and famous locations such as the corner dedicated to Captain Daniel Hall, or the town pool for whom it was named after: Percy Walker, to name a few.
Corner Stone Lodge flourished, and when confronted with the misinformed and easily persuaded lot, the membership stood tall against adversaries which were born out from the Anti-Masonic movement. The movement was fostered by the mysterious murder of William Morgan, also known as "The Morgan Affair". The membership continued the important charitable work of Freemasons by acting as "The Corner Stone Charitable Association" after surrendering its charter to Grand Lodge on July 5th, 1834. This charitable association operated in and around Duxbury for ten years. The charter was returned with affection on December 12th 1844.
Corner Stone Lodge's original Masonic Hall was located on Surplus Street courtesy of Bro. Benjamin Bosworth. It would move to three other locations over the years before finally arriving in its current location on Washington Street in 1825 under an agreement with Brother Gershom B. Weston. The Freemasons of Duxbury continue their brotherly bonds and charitable actions here. When the Masonic boom came to pass in the mid-to-late 1950s it was charged to build upon the existing building. The addition took place, combining the current building to the adjacent dance hall, in order to accommodate the 400 plus members at the time.
Being that Corner Stone Lodge is the oldest fraternal non-profit organization in Duxbury, it has contributed to many historical events in and around the community such as laying the corner-stones to the Myles Standish Monument, the Forefathers Monument and the original Plymouth Rock enclosure in Plymouth, MA alongside with the brothers of Plymouth Lodge. The members of the Lodge also laid the corner-stone to the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston alongside with Brothers Daniel Webster and Lafayette. And most recently the Lodge came together to lay the corner-stone of the New Registry of Deeds building in Plymouth,MA
We continue to enjoy Fellowship to this day...
Thirteen Freemasons traveled up from the south shore of Massachusetts to the growing city of Boston on Monday, December 14th, 1801. Snow falling gently on the city, these Freemasons arrived in Boston with a steadfast mission and wanted nothing more than to see the fruit of their labor. These Freemasons were...
Benjamin Bosworth, Zadock Bradford, Amos Brown, Job Lamson, George Loring, John Pattin, Lewis Peterson, Ezra Prior, Jabez Prior, Joseph Prior Jr, Matthew Prior, Eden Wadsworth and Ezra Weston. Many of them hailed from Grand Lodge's eldest child, Old Colony Lodge, which was then located in Hanover, MA.
Captain Amos Brown stood up before the Most Worshipful Samuel Dunn Esq. and all in attendance within Concert Hall. He petitioned for the Grand Master to constitute a Lodge "of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons under the title of 'Corner-Stone Lodge'". With the sound of the gavel echoing throughout the Lodge jubilation washed over the Thirteen Freemasons as the petition was so granted.
And from then on Corner Stone Lodge thrived in Duxbury admitting into its Masonic Hall many notable and storied sons of the community such as Nathanial Winsor, Jr, Gershom B. Weston, Seth Sprague Jr, who established the Pilgrim Church in Duxbury and the town's first school committee. There were also many others, some of who's namesakes, if you take a drive through town, you'll come across on street signs and famous locations such as the corner dedicated to Captain Daniel Hall, or the town pool for whom it was named after: Percy Walker, to name a few.
Corner Stone Lodge flourished, and when confronted with the misinformed and easily persuaded lot, the membership stood tall against adversaries which were born out from the Anti-Masonic movement. The movement was fostered by the mysterious murder of William Morgan, also known as "The Morgan Affair". The membership continued the important charitable work of Freemasons by acting as "The Corner Stone Charitable Association" after surrendering its charter to Grand Lodge on July 5th, 1834. This charitable association operated in and around Duxbury for ten years. The charter was returned with affection on December 12th 1844.
Corner Stone Lodge's original Masonic Hall was located on Surplus Street courtesy of Bro. Benjamin Bosworth. It would move to three other locations over the years before finally arriving in its current location on Washington Street in 1825 under an agreement with Brother Gershom B. Weston. The Freemasons of Duxbury continue their brotherly bonds and charitable actions here. When the Masonic boom came to pass in the mid-to-late 1950s it was charged to build upon the existing building. The addition took place, combining the current building to the adjacent dance hall, in order to accommodate the 400 plus members at the time.
Being that Corner Stone Lodge is the oldest fraternal non-profit organization in Duxbury, it has contributed to many historical events in and around the community such as laying the corner-stones to the Myles Standish Monument, the Forefathers Monument and the original Plymouth Rock enclosure in Plymouth, MA alongside with the brothers of Plymouth Lodge. The members of the Lodge also laid the corner-stone to the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston alongside with Brothers Daniel Webster and Lafayette. And most recently the Lodge came together to lay the corner-stone of the New Registry of Deeds building in Plymouth,MA
We continue to enjoy Fellowship to this day...