Chartered January 21st, 1869 by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, Free & Accepted Masons.

 

With five Brothers present the first meeting was opened on January 22nd for the purpose of designating January 23rd to install officers.  On that day a Master Mason Lodge was duly opened and G. W. Gorman was installed as Worshipful Master,  G. C. Williamson as Senior Warden and G. M. Hubbard as Junior Warden.  Nineteen Brothers appear on the rolls of the first year’s records.  Peace, Harmony and Brotherhood have prevailed and the Lodge has met without any break in continuity ever since.

Above:  Tupelo in the 1890’s .  Main Street above the Lumpkin Bros store was the site of The Lodge Hall for Tupelo No. 318, F&AM in 1898.  It was rebuilt in 1925 (shown below in the 1930’s)

The Main Street Lodge Hall has become office and retail space and our current building, erected in 2002 on South Veterans Blvd at Canal is shown below.
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