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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).
Anderson's histories of 1723 and 1738, Ramsay's romanticisation, together with the internal allegory of masonic ritual, centred on King Solomon’s Temple and its architect, Hiram Abiff, have provided ample material for further speculation. The earliest known ritual places the first masonic lodge in the porchway of King Solomon’s Temple. [8]
Since 1881 home of King Solomon Lodge No. 5 Territorial Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) [15] Included in Tombstone Historic District. Claimed to be "Built in 1881, this is the largest standing adobe bldg in the United States." 7: Masonic Hall (Wickenburg, Arizona) 1922 built 1986 NRHP-listed 108 Tegner
Today, King Solomon Lodge No. 60 remains a viable organization, and the Masonic Temple is the only fraternal building, out of six major lodges that once operated in Auburn, to remain in its original use. As of 2015 the Auburn Masonic Temple remains in the hands of the Freemasons.
According to authors Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight, the prototype for Hiram Abiff was the Egyptian king Seqenenre Tao II, who (they claim) died in an almost identical manner. [19] This idea is dismissed by most Masonic scholars, some of whom have described the theory as "highly imaginative" but ultimately one with "no historical validity ...
Solomon's Lodge may refer to: Solomon's Lodge, Savannah, the oldest Masonic Lodge in Georgia; King Solomon's Lodge, the builders of the original Bunker Hill Monument;
Robert Freke Gould, soldier, barrister and historian of Freemasonry [105] Founding Worshipful Master of the Lodge of King Solomon's Temple No. 3464. Chuck Grassley, member of the U.S. Senate from Iowa [106] Eileen Gray, international bicycle racer and founder of the Women's Cycle Racing Association [107] Adolphus Greely, American polar explorer ...
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. 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).