Solomon’s Temple Lodge in Uxbridge welcomes you to our internet home. Tradition tells us that previous to the formation of the Lodge, the Masons of Uxbridge and the surrounding towns would meet and consult in private houses. These meetings finally resulted in a petition to the Grand Lodge for a Charter in the name of Solomon’s Temple Lodge, to be located in Uxbridge. This petition was favorably received by the Grand Lodge and a Charter was issued bearing the date of December 9, 1818.
The first lodge meeting was held in a little schoolhouse next to the residence of charter member Alpheus Baylies, who lived near Williams Hill in the north part of the town. A committee was formed to arrange for a permanent place of meeting and the Luther Spring’s hall in North Uxbridge was secured and here meetings were held regularly till the next November.
Unsatisfied with a public hall, the members voted to build a Masonic Hall and appointed a committee to carry the vote into effect. They secured permission from the town to build a second story on the Academy building, situated on the north side of the town common. On November 25, 1819, the first meeting was held in the new hall, and it has been continuously occupied ever since. Solomon’s Temple is the oldest lodge in Massachusetts that still operates in it’s original building.
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