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This is a '''list of Masonic lodges''' chartered in the seven-county [[Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The list was compiled from a "Register of Lodges Under the Jurisdiction of the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]]" printed in their December [[1944]] annual report.
This is a '''list of Masonic lodges''' chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]] in the seven-county [[Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area]].  


* [[Farrar Lodge No. 8]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
==Active lodges==
* [[Central Lodge No. 70]], [[Montevallo]], [[Shelby County]]
===Bibb County===
* [[Shelby Lodge No. 140]], [[Columbiana]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[Friendship Lodge No. 83]], [[Centreville]]
* [[Fraternity Lodge No. 145]], [[Blountsville]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Coldwater Lodge No. 148]], [[Woodstock]]
* [[Cold Water Lodge No. 148]], [[Woodstock]], [[Bibb County]]
* [[Charity Lodge No. 331]], [[Randolph]]
* [[Ashville Lodge No. 186]], [[Ashville]], [[St Clair County]]
* [[Blocton Lodge No. 474]], [[West Blocton]]
* [[York Lodge No. 211]], [[Jasper]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Ervin Lodge No. 257]], [[Townley]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Springville Lodge No. 280]], [[Springville]], [[St Clair County]]
* [[Oneonta Lodge No. 324]], [[Oneonta]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Charity Lodge No. 331]], [[Randolph]], [[Bibb County]]
* [[Georgiana Davis Lodge No. 338]], [[Trussville]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Birmingham Fraternal Lodge No. 384]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Helena Lodge No. 410]], [[Helena]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[George Smith Lodge No. 417]], [[Short Creek]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Clanton Lodge No. 423]], [[Clanton]], [[Chilton County]]
* [[Calera Lodge No. 445]], [[Calera]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[Leeds Lodge No. 446]], [[Leeds]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Florida Lodge No. 450]], [[Pratt City]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Dolomite Lodge No. 452]], [[Dolomite]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Sam Thompson Lodge No. 456]], [[Morris]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Harris Lodge No. 457]], [[Mud Creek]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Bessemer Lodge No. 458]], [[Bessemer]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[King Solomon Lodge No. 460]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Corinthian Lodge No. 462]], [[Siluria]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[Oakman Lodge No. 465]], [[Oakman]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Blocton Lodge No. 474]], [[Blocton]], [[Bibb County]]
* [[East Lake Lodge No. 480]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Locust Fork Lodge No. 481]], [[Locust Fork]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Davis Fraternal Lodge No. 483]], [[Dora]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Wylam Lodge No. 492]], [[Wylam]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Carbon Hill Lodge No. 494]], [[Carbon Hill]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Mt Pinson Lodge No. 495]], [[Pinson]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Irondale Lodge No. 506]], [[Irondale]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[George Morrow Lodge No. 507]], [[Village Springs]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Wilsonville Lodge No. 510]], [[Wilsonville]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[Cunningham Lodge No. 512]], [[Blossburg]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[James D. Truss Lodge No. 515]], [[Ragland]], [[St Clair County]]
* [[Hewitt Lodge No. 519]], [[Lewisburg]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Woodlawn Fraternal Lodge No. 525]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Brookside Lodge No. 552]], [[Brookside]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Cordova Lodge No. 559]], [[Cordova]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Ensley Lodge No. 560]], [[Ensley]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Odom Craft Lodge No. 585]], [[Parrish]], [[Walker County]]
* [[North Birmingham Lodge No. 591]], [[North Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Moody Lodge No. 592]], [[Moody]], [[St Clair County]]
* [[Brighton Lodge No. 595]], [[Brighton]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Dolcito Lodge No. 596]], [[Tarrant]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Adamsville Lodge No. 603]], [[Adamsville]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Bentley Lodge No. 607]], [[Vincent]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[Black Creek Lodge No. 610]], [[Nauvoo]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Oak Grove Lodge No. 617]], [[Oak Grove]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Dry Creek Lodge No. 626]], [[Cleveland]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Oak Forest Lodge No. 633]], [[Huffman]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Birminhgam Temple Lodge No. 636]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Ben M. Jacobs Lodge No. 643]], [[Pell City]], [[St Clair County]]
* [[Fairview Lodge No. 644]], [[Osceoloa]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Acacia Lodge No. 670]], [[Flat Creek]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Brooklin Lodge No.  704]], [[Bethel Church]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Odenville Lodge No. 705]], [[Odenville]], [[St Clair County]]
* [[Maplesville Lodge No. 706]], [[Maplesville]], [[Chilton County]]
* [[Clarence Lodge No. 708]], [[Clarence]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Bilbro Lodge No. 716]], [[Powderly]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Milton H. Fies Lodge No. 722]], [[Mulga]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Lamon Chapel Lodge No. 723]], [[Manchester]], [[Walker County]]
* [[New Castle Lodge No. 742]], [[New Castle]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Fairfield Lodge No. 749]], [[Fairfield]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[West End Lodge No. 753]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Thorsby Lodge No. 759]], [[Thorsby]], [[Chilton County]]
* [[Wahouma Lodge No. 763]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Marvel Lodge No. 772]], [[Marvel]], [[Bibb County]]
* [[Bendale Lodge No. 773]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[King Hiram Lodge, No. 774]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Bush Lodge No. 777]], [[Bradford]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Globe Lodge No. 781]], [[Ensley]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Maryland Lodge No. 783]], [[Sipsey]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Woodlawn Temple Lodge No. 790]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Jefferson Valley Lodge No. 795]], [[Bessemer]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Central Park Lodge No. 808]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Flint Hill Lodge No. 810]], [[Flint Hill]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Docena Lodge No. 815]], [[Docena]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Alpha Lodge No. 823]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Boothton Lodge No. 825]], [[Boothton]], [[Shelby County]]
* [[East Birmingham Lodge No. 828]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Shades Valley Lodge No. 829]], [[Edgewood]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Phillips Memorial Lodge No. 832]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Elyton Lodge No. 835]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Birmala Lodge No. 836]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[East Lake Temple Lodge No. 842]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Hueytown Lodge No. 843]], [[Hueytown]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Warrior Lodge No. 848]], [[Warrior]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Acipco Lodge No. 855]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Bluff Park Lodge No. 856]], [[Bluff Park]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[Hayden Lodge No. 868]], [[Hayden]], [[Blount County]]
* [[Center Point Lodge No. 872]], [[Center Point]], [[Jefferson County]]
* [[MetroWest Lodge No. 927]]


===Blount County===
* [[Fraternity Lodge No. 145]], [[Blountsville]]
* [[Oneonta Lodge No. 324]], [[Oneonta]]
* [[Locust Fork Lodge No. 481]], [[Locust Fork]]
* [[Dry Creek Lodge No. 626]], [[Cleveland]]
* [[Clarence Lodge No. 708]], [[Sneads Cross Roads]]


===Chilton County===
* [[Stanley Cost Lodge No. 411]], [[Jemison]]
* [[Clanton Lodge No. 423]], [[Clanton]]
* [[Maplesville Lodge No. 706]], [[Maplesville]]


==Defunct lodges==
===Jefferson County===
* [[McCarty-Farrar Lodge No. 8|McCarty Lodge, No. 735]], [[Grahams Town]], [[Jefferson County]], merged with [[Farrar Lodge No. 8]] in [[1997]].
* [[McCarty-Farrar Lodge No. 8]], [[Birmingham]]
* [[Avondale Lodge No. 476]], [[Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Georgiana Davis Lodge No. 338]], [[Trussville]]
* [[Leeds Lodge No. 446]], [[Leeds]]
* [[Sam Thompson Lodge No. 456]], [[Morris]]
* [[East Lake Lodge No. 480]], [[Birmingham]]
* [[Mt Pinson Lodge No. 495]], [[Pinson]]
* [[Irondale Lodge No. 506]], [[Irondale]]
* [[Cunningham Lodge No. 512]], [[Blossburg]]
* [[Hewitt Lodge No. 519]], [[Lewisburg]]
* [[Brookside Lodge No. 552]], [[Brookside]]
* [[Dolcito Lodge No. 596]], [[Tarrant]]
* [[Oak Grove Lodge No. 617]], [[Oak Grove]]
* [[Oak Forest Lodge No. 633]], [[Huffman]]
* [[Hoover Lodge No. 644]], [[Hoover]]
* [[Acacia Lodge No. 670]], [[West Jefferson]]
* [[Brooklin Lodge No. 704]], [[Dora]]
* [[Milton H. Fies Lodge No. 722]], [[Mulga]]
* [[Fairfield Lodge No. 749]], [[Fairfield]]
* [[Bush Lodge No. 777]], [[Dixiana]]
* [[Flint Hill Lodge No. 810]], [[Flint Hill]], [[Bessemer]]
* [[Shades Valley Lodge No. 829]], [[Edgewood]], [[Homewood]]
* [[Birmala Lodge No. 836]], [[Clay]]
* [[Bluff Park Lodge No. 856]], [[Bluff Park]], [[Hoover]]
* [[Center Point Lodge No. 872]], [[Center Point]]
* [[Cahaba Heights Lodge No. 887]], [[Cahaba Heights]]
* [[Five Points King Solomon Lodge No. 897]], [[Birmingham]]
* [[Gardendale Lodge No. 907]], [[Gardendale]]
* [[Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 909]], [[Pleasant Grove]]
* [[Metro West Lodge No. 927]], [[Adamsville]]
* [[Metro East Lodge No. 928]], [[Birmingham]]
* [[Unity Lodge No. 930]], [[Hueytown]]


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===Shelby County===
[[Category:Lists]]
* [[Central Lodge No. 70]], [[Montevallo]]
* [[Shelby Lodge No. 140]], [[Columbiana]]
* [[Buck Creek Lodge No. 410]], [[Alabaster]]
* [[Calera Lodge No. 445]], [[Calera]]
* [[Wilsonville Lodge No. 510]], [[Wilsonville]]
* [[Chelsea Lodge No. 886]], [[Chelsea]]


[[Reference: Grand Lodge of Alabama 1876 Annual Preceedings printed by the Grand Lodge of Alabama]]
===St Clair County===
* [[Ashville Lodge No. 186]], [[Ashville]]
* [[Springville Lodge No. 280]], [[Springville]]
* [[James D. Truss Lodge No. 515]], [[Ragland]]
* [[Moody Lodge No. 592]], [[Moody]]
* [[Ben M. Jacobs Lodge No. 643]], [[Pell City]]
* [[Odenville Lodge No. 705]], [[Odenville]]


From the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Alabama 1876
===Walker County===
Page 23 & 24
* [[York Lodge No. 211]], [[Jasper]]
* [[Carbon Hill Lodge No. 494]], [[Carbon Hill]]
* [[Cordova Lodge No. 559]], [[Cordova]]
* [[Odom Craft Lodge No. 585]], [[Parrish]]
* [[Black Creek Lodge No. 610]], [[Nauvoo]]
* [[Lamon Chapel Lodge No. 723]], [[Manchester]], [[Jasper]]
* [[Maryland Lodge No. 783]], [[Sipsey]]


“As to Negro Masons”
==Defunct lodges==
* [[Ervin Lodge No. 257]], [[Townley]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Birmingham Fraternal Lodge No. 384]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1871]], merged into the [[Downtown Masonic Temple Association]]
* [[Golden Fleece Lodge No. 401]], [[Birmingham]]
* [[Buck Creek Lodge No. 410|Helena Lodge No. 410]], [[Helena]], [[Shelby County]], rechartered as [[Buck Creek Lodge No. 410]]
* [[George Smith Lodge No. 417]], (chartered [[December 7]], [[1876]] in [[Toadvine]], relocated to [[Short Creek]] in [[1909]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Florida Lodge No. 450]], [[Pratt City]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Dolomite Lodge No. 452]], [[Dolomite]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Harris Lodge No. 457]], [[Mud Creek]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Bessemer Lodge No. 458]], [[Bessemer]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[King Solomon Lodge No. 460]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Corinthian Lodge No. 462]], [[Siluria]], [[Shelby County]], inactive
* [[Oakman Lodge No. 465]], [[Oakman]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Avondale Lodge No. 476]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Davis Fraternal Lodge No. 483]], [[Dora]], [[Walker County]]
* [[Wylam Lodge No. 492]], [[Wylam]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[George Morrow Lodge No. 507]], [[Village Springs]], [[Blount County]], inactive
* [[Woodlawn Fraternal Lodge No. 525]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Myles J. Greene Lodge No. 530]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1892]], merged into the [[Downtown Masonic Temple Association]]
* [[Ensley Lodge No. 560]], [[Ensley]], inactive
* [[North Birmingham Lodge No. 591]], [[North Birmingham]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Brighton Lodge No. 595]], [[Brighton]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Adamsville Lodge No. 603]], [[Adamsville]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[Bentley Lodge No. 607]], [[Vincent]], [[Shelby County]], inactive
* [[Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 636]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1905]], merged into the [[Downtown Masonic Temple Association]]
* [[Hoover Lodge No. 644|Fairview Lodge No. 644]], [[West End]], [[Birmingham]], re-chartered as [[Hoover Lodge No. 644]] in [[1990]]
* [[Bilbro Lodge No. 716]], [[Powderly]], inactive
* [[McCarty-Farrar Lodge No. 8|McCarty Lodge, No. 735]], [[Grahams Town]], [[Jefferson County]], merged with [[Farrar Lodge No. 8]] in [[1997]]
* [[New Castle Lodge No. 742]], [[New Castle]], [[Jefferson County]], inactive
* [[West End Lodge No. 753]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1902]], merged with [[Magic City Lodge No. 860]]
* [[Birmingham Lodge No. 757]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1912]], merged into the [[Downtown Masonic Temple Association]]
* [[Thorsby Lodge No. 759]], [[Thorsby]], [[Chilton County]], inactive
* [[Wahouma Lodge No. 763]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Marvel Lodge No. 772]], [[Marvel]], [[Bibb County]]
* [[Bendale Lodge No. 773]], [[Inglenook]] [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[King Hiram Lodge, No. 774]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1914]], merged into the [[Downtown Masonic Temple Association]]
* [[Globe Lodge No. 781]], [[Ensley]], inactive
* [[Woodlawn Temple Lodge No. 790]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Jefferson Valley Lodge No. 795]], [[Bessemer]], inactive
* [[Central Park Lodge No. 808]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Docena Lodge No. 815]], [[Docena]], inactive
* [[Alpha Lodge No. 823]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Boothton Lodge No. 825]], [[Boothton]], [[Shelby County]], inactive
* [[East Birmingham Lodge No. 828]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Phillips Memorial Lodge No. 832]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Elyton Lodge No. 835]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[East Lake Temple Lodge No. 842]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Hueytown Lodge No. 843]], [[Hueytown]], inactive
* [[Warrior Lodge No. 848]], [[Warrior]], inactive
* [[Acipco Lodge No. 855]], [[Birmingham]], inactive
* [[Magic City Lodge No. 860]], [[Birmingham]], chartered [[1926]], inactive
* [[Hayden Lodge No. 868]], [[Hayden]], [[Blount County]], inactive


“Whereas, the question of the recognition of Negro Masons has been made more than usually prominent during the last year; and whereas this Grand Lodge has a well-settled opinion upon this subject, which she desires most respectfully and fraternally to express to her sister Grand Lodges everywhere, and especially to those of the United States; she deems the present a fit opportunity to set forth the reasons which impel her to that opinion.
==See also==
* [[List of Prince Hall lodges]]


1. It is indisputable that whatever theory we adopt as to the origin of Masonry- whether that which carries it back to the original Father of mankind, and his immediate descendents;, or to Enoch and Noah; or to the building of King Solomon’s Temple; or arising from the constitutions of Pythagoras; or if we trace it back to the Eleusinain Mysteries; or to those of Ceres, and the institution of the Bacchanalia; or, what is most probable of all, the incorporation of the Roman builders under Numa Pompilius that theory carries us back to the Caucasian Race.
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2. Masonry was originally, what it is mainly today, a social institution; intended for those who daily mingled in the ordinary walks of life, in business, in pleasure, and in the family circle; into which it is not credible that anyone of the Negro or any other of the inferior races, could have been admitted.
 
3. That Negroes have of late years been admitted into Lodges of Free Masons is due, it is believed, to the sympathy which has been excited for them by anti-slavery societies generally, and particularly by those of the United States; and that any were admitted during the revolutionary war by traveling Lodges belonging to the British Army, was due to the feeling which existed at that time against American patriots; a proceeding entirely at variance with the object of the formation of such Lodges, they having no right to confer the degrees upon any citizen or resident of the county in which they might be sojourning, but only upon members of the army to which such Lodges belonged.
 
4. Although it is usually said that Masonry is universal, and that in every clime Masons are to be found; yet it is only universal in so far as the Caucasian Race has carried it into every quarter of the globe; and if that race has sometimes admitted Negroes, and others of the inferior races, it has done so in violation of the original and fundamental laws of the Fraternity.
 
5. In view, therefore, of these facts, indisputable as they are conceived to be, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama seizes the present as a fit and proper occasion, to declare its purpose, under no circumstances whatever acknowledge the legality of Negro-masons, such acknowledgement being foreign to the original purpose of the Fraternity, and introducing an element of demoralization into the society.”
 
Resolution passed

Latest revision as of 15:05, 8 January 2024

This is a list of Masonic lodges chartered by the Grand Lodge of Alabama in the seven-county Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Active lodges

Bibb County

Blount County

Chilton County

Jefferson County

Shelby County

St Clair County

Walker County

Defunct lodges

See also

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