Glen Innes Masonic Lodge Celebrates 150 Years
The Glen Innes Masonic Lodge 44 celebrated its sesquicentennial 150th anniversary this month. In 1874 a group of Freemasons who were living in Glen Innes held a meeting to consider the advisability of establishing a Freemasons lodge in town. They petitioned the district Grand Lodge of England to obtain a warrant. The petition was granted by the district Grand Master A.T. Holroyd on 14th October 1874. Holroyd authorised the dispensation that allowed the masons to meet as a lodge pending the receipt of the warrant. The inauguration and first installation of a Worshipful Master, Henry Downer and his invested officers…
