Manchester Lodge 148 F & AM - Manchester, Michigan
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N 42° 08.985 W 084° 02.385
16T E 744596 N 4670645
This is the original home to Manchester Lodge 148 F & AM, and is located on Main street in Manchester.
Waymark Code: WM9J38
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2010
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The website at (
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"Manchester Lodge 148 F & AM celebrated its centennial in October, 1964. The first lodge meeting was held Dec. 3, 1862, on the third floor of the Clarkson Building, now housing the Manchester Bakery.
All the Masonic meetings in the village have been held on the third floor of whatever building the Masons were using at the time.
John B. Gilman was the first worshipful master. The lodge received its official charter in 1864—the date upon which the centennial was based—and $40.25 was appropriated for a charter seal and Bible, $5 for spitoons, and $1 was given to Mr. Chandler for making the lodge emblem. The same emblem is used in the lodge hall at the present time.
On March 30, 1864, the lodge was consecrated, The Masons obtained a meeting room on the third floor of the Union Savings Bank in 1895, its present meeting place."
The website to the current lodge that meets across the street from the original location is (
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