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Masonry came to Liverpool with Leonides Lodge No. 381 on June 4, 1824,
forfeiting its Charter as of June 5, 1834. Liverpool Lodge No. 525
followed on June 5, 1863, comprised largely of Brothers from Gilboa
Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Syracuse Lodge No. 501. Syracuse Lodge began as No.
484 on June 9, 1826, forfeiting its Charter June 5, 1835, and returning
as Syracuse Lodge No. 102 on June 23, 1844, operating until July 5,
1860, when its number was changed to No. 501. Also integral to the
present Lodge was Danforth Lodge No. 957, Chartered on May 19, 1919.
With
the closing of the Montgomery Street Masonic Temple in downtown Syracuse
around 1984, Danforth Lodge No. 957 and Syracuse Lodge No. 501 moved to
the Liverpool Temple. Danforth soon thereafter, on May 2, 1985,
consolidated with Liverpool Lodge No. 525, and Syracuse Lodge No. 501
consolidated with Liverpool No. 525 on May 2, 1994, resulting in the
present Liverpool Syracuse Lodge No. 501.
The
Lodge has been honored to have among our Brothers numerous Veterans of
the Civil War (over 80), and many Brothers who have served Grand Lodge,
including two Past Grand Masters, Clinton F. Paige and Findlay M. King.
In the community, the Brotherhood has also been active, covering a wide
spectrum of service, such as canal men, railroaders, numerous doctors,
merchants, Town Supervisors, Mayors, clergy, law enforcement officials
and tradesmen.
Among our more scholarly Brothers were Herbert W. Greenland, whose great
collection of archives and artifacts formed the basis of the Library and
Museum in Utica, and Walter Ho. Cummings, whose wonderful collection
formed the basis for the Library & Museum of the Onondaga and Oswego
Masonic Districts Historical Societies in Phoenix.
The
Lodge remains active as it enters the new millennium, to carry on the
rich tradition of "those who have gone this way before us."
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Extracted from "A Masonic Portrait of the Empire State"
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