Description: Mount Washington Lodge #87 F. & A.M. has been serving the citizens of the communities of the Mount Washington Valley since 1869.
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Mount Washington Lodge #87 F. & A.M.
Mount Washington Lodge # 87 F. & A. M. was organized in 1868 by local Masons who lived in the Valley, but as members of Carroll Lodge had to travel to Freedom to attend Masonic functions. The founders of the Lodge were Masonic Brothers: William C. Eastman, Augustus Eastman, J. Cummings Eastman, Haskett D. Eastman, John C. Davis, Edwin C. Stokes, Nathaniel Faxon, and Albert Barnes of Carroll Lodge No. 57; Thomas B. Newby, Chaplain of Adelphic Lodge, No. 348 of New York City; and Brother James M. Gibson, Ente
The original meetings were first held at the Washington House and then space was rented at Academy Hall. During 1872 they built a Lodge Hall at the present site. The Lodge burned on February 8th, 1929 but was rebuilt and dedicated by Grand Lodge of New Hampshire on June 23rd, 1931. The costs of reconstruction did not allow for the purchase of furnishings, but the brethren quickly dealt with the situation. Each member was asked to donate an item of furniture as a memorial to the Lodge, and did so in the spir