LEXINGTON LODGE NO

After several months of planning, they petitioned the Grand Lodge of Virginia for a charter to establish a lodge in Lexington. Accordingly, the Grand Lodge of Virginia granted the requested charter to the small group noted as, "at the town of Lexington, district of Kentucke." The Charter was issued on November 17th, 1788, to "Richard Clough Anderson, John Fowler, Green Clay and others to hold regular lodge of Free Masons at the town of Lexington, by the name, title and description of the Lexington Lodge No. 25." Thus the first lodge west of the Allegheny and Cumberland Plataea mountain range was established in Lexington, four years before Kentucky was admitted into the Union as a state. Edmund Randolph, Esq., Grand Master of the Grand Lodge and Governor of Virginia signed the No. 25 charter which is still preserved by the trustees of Lexington Lodge No. 1. This historical document, written on parchment twelve by eighteen inches, has a large wax seal attached near the bottom.....

Also known as: Lexington, Lexington Lodge, Lexington, KY

Primary location: Lexington United States