Ashland No. 168


Title
Ashland No. 168
Number
168
Status
$Chartered
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District
8
Districts
08
Division
08 - Central Coast
Chartered
12/15/1857
Revived
Active
1857-1870, 1870-
Inactive
1778
1803
1828
1853
1878
1903
1928
1953
1978
2003
2028
False
False
False
True
False
False
False
False
False
False
False
Meetings
3rd Thursday 7:30 PM
Address
212 England Street
City
Ashland
County
Hanover
ZIP
Website
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ashland-Masonic-Lodge-168-Af-Am/181634625238844
Notes
Confirmed chartered as "Ashland Lodge, No. 168" in District 8 on 12/15/1857. Whereas, a Dispensation was issued by the M. W. Grand Master to authorize the opening of a Lodge at Ashland, in the county of Hanover, by the name of Ashland Lodge, No. ---, appointing Wor. J. Alonzo Smith, Master, L. C. Berkeley, Senior Warden, and R. N. Fox, Junior Warden, and said Dispensation being returned with the necessary documents: Resolved, That a Charter do issue for the permanent establishment of said Lodge, by the name and designation of Ashland Lodge, No. 168, and appointing the officers named. Editor: Ashland Lodge went dark briefly in 1870, and rebounded the same year. 1870 Proceedings: Whereas, a Dispensation was issued on the 26th day of May, A. D. 1870, by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, for the opening of a Lodge at Ashland, in the county of Hanover, by the designation of Mercer Lodge, and appointing Brother T. J. Wooldridge, Master; G. W. Carrington, Senior Warden; and W. W. Valentine, Junior Warden; and the said Dispensation, together with all other necessary documents, having been returned: Resolved, That a Charter do issue for the permanent establishment of said Lodge, under the name and style of Ashland Lodge, No. 168, and appointing the officers named in the Dispensation; that said Charter be a renewal of the Charter of Ashland Lodge, No. 168, which has been surrendered to this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge; and that the jewels, property, furniture, fixtures, funds, and all other effects of said Lodge, be regularly transferred to the Lodge, with the renewed Charter.