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Mount
Tom Lodge A.F. & A.M. |
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Address: |
235 Chestnut Street
Holyoke, MA 01041 -
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Meeting Information: |
| First Friday of each
month between September and June |
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Contact Information: |
Peter Wintheiser,
Masonic Ambassador
413.896.2511
mounttom@massfreemasonry.net |
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History: |
Mount Tom Lodge, A.
F. & A. M., came into existence on March 4,
1850, the same year that Holyoke,
Massachusetts became a town. The first
meeting place of the Lodge was in a small
rented room owned by the Holyoke Lodge of
Odd Fellows in Pecks Block, on a lot
adjoining the present Bank of Boston
building. On August 18, 1852 the meetings of
the Mount Tom Lodge came to an abrupt and
unexpected halt due to a fire on the
premises. As a result of this fire, the
lodge was forced to take up residence in
Carter's Block and remained there until
1895. In 1863 the lodge became civic minded
and loaned $180.00 to the first Fire
Department of Holyoke. The next location for
the lodge was at the Hubbard and Taber Block
on High Street, where the Lodge Room was
dedicated on December 27, 1895. In 1913 the
Holyoke Masonic Association purchased our
present lot for $13,000. On September 11,
1920, the laying of the corner stone for the
New Masonic Temple took place.
Mount Tom Lodge has had two lodges grow out
from it, William Whiting Lodge on January 7,
1909 and Mount Nonotuck on March 4, 1920. |
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Lodge Instituted: |
| 1850 |
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