Holland Lodge No. 1

Holland Lodge No. 1 (HM14LN)

Location: Houston, TX 77006 Harris County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 43.736', W 95° 23.45'

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Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Texas

First Masonic Lodge in Texas. Organized in March 1835 at Brazoria. Set to work Dec. 27, 1835, under dispensation of Grand Lodge of Louisiana, for whose 1835-37 Grand Master, John Henry Holland, this lodge was named. Labors were interrupted in Feb. 1836, in Texas War for Independence, when lodge and records were destroyed by Mexican army during march of Gen. Urrea to join forces with Dictator Santa Anna. The charter, however, was then in saddlebags of Dr. Anson Jones, Texas patriot and first worshipful master of Holland Lodge, who carried the sacred document into battle and victory at San Jacinto, April 21, 1836.

In Nov. 1837, Holland Lodge was reopened, in the Republic of Texas capitol (at site of present Rice Hotel), Houston.

On Dec. 20, 1837, Holland Lodge No. 36 (the original designation under Grand Lodge of Louisiana) met with the only other Masonic bodies then existent in Texas — Milam Lodge No. 40 of Nacogdoches and McFarland Lodge No. 41 of San Augustine — and organized the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas. Dr. Anson Jones, of this lodge, was elected first grand master of the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas, and Holland Lodge was assigned the No. 1 designation.
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HM NumberHM14LN
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Marker Number10686_MARKER
Year Placed1970
Placed ByState Historical Survey Committee
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Date Added Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 7:04pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 268751 N 3291143
Decimal Degrees29.72893333, -95.39083333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 43.736', W 95° 23.45'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 43' 44.16" N, 95° 23' 27.00" W
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Area Code(s)713, 832, 281, 210
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4911 Montrose Blvd, Houston TX 77006, US
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