Oldest Lodges in the United States

[Blake Bowden]

1	Saint John's	Boston, Mass.	July 30, 1733
2	Solomon's No. 1	Savannah, Ga.	Feb. 21, 1734
3	Solomon's No. 1	Charleston, S.C.	1735
4	Saint John-1 a No. 1	Portsmouth, N.H.	1736
5	Norfolk No. 1	Norfolk, Va.	June 1, 1741
6	Saint John's No. 1	Newport, R. I.	Dec. 27, 1749
7	Hiram No. 1	New Haven. Conn	Nov. 12, 1750
8	Fredericksburg No. 4, Va. ) N1752	Fredericksburg, Va.	(Chartered. Jul. 21, 1758)
9	St. John's No. 2	Middletown, Conn.	Feb. 14, 1754
10	St. John's No. 1	Wilmington, N. C.	March 1754
11	Union Kilwinning No. 4	Charleston, S.C.	May 3, 1755
12	Lodge of St. Andrew	Boston, Mass.	Nov. 30, 1756
13	Saint Johns No. 1	Providence, R. I.	Jan. 18, 1757
14	Blandford No. 3	Petersburg, Va.	Sept. 9, 1757
15	St. John's No. 1	New York, N. Y	Dec. 7, 1757
16	Lodge No. 2	Philadelphia, Pa.	June 7, 1758
17	St. Tammany No. 5	Hampton, Va.	Feb. 26, 1759
18	Philanthropic	Marblehead, Mass.	Mar. 25, 1760
19	Independent Royal Arch No. 2	N. Y.	Dec. 15, 1760
20	St. John's No. 1	Newark, N. J.	May 13, 1761

 

[Ratchet]

We in Pa. have a friendly rivalry with Mass. as to who has the oldest Lodge. The ledger of St. John's Lodge, known as Liber B, begins with the date June 24, 1731 and ends June 24, 1738. They met in the Sun Tavern on Water Street. Later they met in the Tunn Tavern, where the U.S. Marine Corps also got its start from.
Lodge No. 2, warranted June 7, 1758, was the first Lodge warranted by the Antient Grand Lodge of England. It was originally Lodge No.4, warranted June 24 1757, by the Moderns.

 

[Companion Joe]

Looking at this, we might be in the running for oldest west of the Appalachians. We are the oldest in Tennessee, charted in 1801.

 

[Warrior1256]

We in Pa. have a friendly rivalry with Mass. as to who has the oldest Lodge. The ledger of St. John's Lodge, known as Liber B, begins with the date June 24, 1731 and ends June 24, 1738. They met in the Sun Tavern on Water Street. Later they met in the Tunn Tavern, where the U.S. Marine Corps also got its start from.
Lodge No. 2, warranted June 7, 1758, was the first Lodge warranted by the Antient Grand Lodge of England. It was originally Lodge No.4, warranted June 24 1757, by the Moderns.

Nov. 10th 1775, Semper Fi.