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     “It is our earnest prayer that the time will soon come when the standards of masonry will reign in the hearts and govern the conduct of all peoples of the world.” 

   – Albert Pike, author and mason

   The 200 member York Lodge is part of one of the oldest Masonic orders in existence.

   Masonic records indicated that on May 10, 1794, a warrant was issued from the Grand Lodge of the state of South Carolina, authorizing and empowering Samuel Lowrie, master; Matthew Boyers, senior warden; and John Gallagher, junior warden. They were charged with opening and holding the lodge, as well as admitting and raising freemasons according to the most ancient customs of the Royal Craft.

   The lodge has met in several locations during its years, including the Rose Hotel, above McConnell’s Clothing Store, Tyvola Mill and over City Hall. Its current location is 96 Stoneybrook Dr. York S,C, 29745

   The most prized possession of the lodge is the Bible open on the altar, which was acquired in 1809 from member Jonathan Beatty.

   Lodges do not seek members. If a man desires to become a mason, he must ask a mason and receive 100 percent approval by secret ballot. Newly elected “brothers” earn the title of entered apprentice, after which they become a fellow craft and then that of a master mason.

   “Fatherhood of God, brotherhood of man.”

This website has been approved by MWB Jay Adam Pearson, Grand Master of Masons in South Carolina