Chalk Mountain Lodge No. 894, A.F. & A.M. - Chalk Mountain, TX
N 32° 09.236 W 097° 54.475
14S E 602982 N 3558020
Chalk Mountain Lodge No. 894, A.F. & A.M. is located at 327 Somervell County Rd 198, Chalk Mountain, TX. They meet at 7 PM on the Saturday after or on the day of a full moon, with a meal at 6 PM.
Waymark Code: WM106HQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2019
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Their website (see "Other", below) runs circles around most canned Masonic websites, and includes some reminiscences by Roy Underwood (d. 1981) about the "previous" (read on) lodge building. They also have a history of the Lodge, from start to the present day, noting that they were chartered by the Grand Lodge of Texas on December 8, 1904. Their initial ranks included thirty-one members, with Joe Dotson as the first Worshipful Master. Meetings were timed with the full moon to make it easier for members to travel by foot or on horseback under decent lighting.
The original Lodge (the subject of Roy Underwood's notes on the website) was designed and built by J.H. Underwood, a member of the lodge. The first floor was used as his grocery store and the second floor housed the Lodge. In 1908, Brother Underwood gave the ownership of to the property to C.C. Hammock, with Chalk Mountain Lodge retaining ownership of the second floor Lodge. There was another change in ownership, and in 1935, the store closed. Meetings continued on the second floor until 1989, when a little bit of red tape prompted a relocation a quarter mile away. The second floor was separated from the first, and moved here to top the concrete block building below. For all of these efforts, the lodge's nickname is "The Lodge That Wouldn't Die".
MASONIC LODGES: LODGE
Other: http://www.chalkmountainlodge.org/
GRAND MASONIC LODGES: Not listed
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