Western Star Lodge No. 2 - 150 years - Shasta, CA
N 40° 35.899 W 122° 29.449
10T E 543081 N 4494292
This sesquicentennial marker resides next to the Western Star Masonic Lodge No. 2.
Waymark Code: WMP7RY
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2015
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Located next to the Western Star Masonic Lodge No. 2 is a sesquicentennial marker that reads:
Western Star
Lodge No. 2
Oldest Chartered Masonic Lodge
In California
Free and Accepted Masons
ORIGINALLY CHARTERED BY THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE
OF MISSOURI, A F AND A M
MAY 10TH AL5848 (1848)
DEDICATED IN DUE AND ANCIENT FORM THIS
10TH DAY OF MAY AL5998 (1998)
BY THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA F & AM
ANTHONY P. WORDLOW
GRAND MASTER1998 WESTERN STAR LODGE No. 2 PATRICK R. CASADY - MASTER
JOHN R. MURRY - SENIOR WARDEN
RONALD L. CRADDOCK - JUNIOR WARDEN SESQUICENTENNIAL 150 YEARS OF MASONRY
IN CALIFORNIA
DONATED BY THE REDDING CEMETERY |
There's a good writeup on the history of this lodge on the lodge website (link below) and it reads:
The Western Star Lodge No 2 is located at 15344 Main Street (Hwy. 299). The building was built in 1853 and the Lodge occupied the building on December 27, 1854. The Lodge is “The Oldest Chartered Masonic Lodge in California.”
The lodge was originally chartered on May 10, 1848 by the Grand Lodge of Missouri as Western Star Lodge No. 98 and held its first meeting on October 30, 1849 at Benton City, California. On April 17, 1850, the Grand Lodge of California was established and all existing Lodges in California were renumbered based on their original charter dates. Because of an error the Lodge in San Francisco was renumbered from California Lodge #13 to California Lodge #1 and the Western Star Lodge #98 was renumbered as Western Star Lodge #2.