Conroe Lodge #748 - Conroe, TX
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N 30° 18.671 W 095° 27.505
15R E 263598 N 3355828
This local lodge is located on the 2nd floor of 311 Simonton St. in downtown Conroe, TX -- on top of an old Macy's store (now used by Southwestern Furniture Company).
Waymark Code: WMJ4V2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2013
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The Conroe Masonic Lodge #748 AF&AM serves the city of Conroe, Texas and is a Member of the Grand Lodge of Texas, AF&AM. The building dates to 1948.
Meetings are held at 7:00pm on the 3rd Monday of each month. It currently has about 465 members.
A brief history, per its website: (
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"Dispensation to form a Masonic Lodge in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas was issued by the Grand Lodge of Texas on May 23, 1893. Conroe Lodge, under dispensation, was set to work on June 3, 1893 by M. C. Leslie, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, with 23 members. George W. Bartle was the first Worshipful Master and served in 1893 and 1894. On December 6, 1894, the Grand Lodge of Texas, at its annual grand communication in Houston, granted a charter to the Lodge and assigned it number 748. The Lodge has operated continuously for over 100 years and now has a membership of about 465. Its membership peaked in 1986 in excess of 600.
The Lodge is presently occupying the third building in its history. The first building was on North Pacific Street near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks on what is now the parking lot of Everett Hardware store. This building was destroyed by fire on February 22, 1911 when the entire business district of Conroe burned. The furniture, fixtures and most of the Lodge's early records were lost. In April 1911, the Lodge purchased a lot on the east side of the present courthouse square and later constructed a two-story building which is still in use today. The Lodge occupied the second floor and leased the first floor for revenue. Early tenants included the U. S. Post Office, Sears Roebuck and Company, and Capitol Drug Store. The Lodge moved into its present quarters at 311 Simonton Street in 1948. The ground floor was leased to J. C. Penney Company for many years and is now occupied by Southwestern Furniture Company."