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Solar Lodge

lodgeactivenot on UGLE listal-914-solar-lodge

Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-AL · Alabama
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
AF&AM
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama
Founded
unknown
Website
http://solarlodge.org

Public contacts

email: solarmasoniclodge914@gmail.com personal published by org
email: solarlodge914@gmail.com personal published by org
phone: (256) 777-3729 public organizational
phone: (256) 7773729 public organizational

Addresses

mailing Huntsville, AL, 35805
physical Huntsville, AL, 35805

Officers (public)

Chaplain: Elmer A. Gunter
Junior Deacon: Bealem F. Carden
Junior Steward: Enos L. Deason
Marshal: Joe Herrin
Secretary: Oral M. Sly
Senior Deacon: James E. Yates
Senior Steward: Lewis R. Coker
Senior Warden: Andrew Staton
Worshipful Master: William Martinson

Website

Website liveness

live siteOfficial URLs are kept after they die. Facebook is social, not a replacement site.

Current site
Solar Lodge #914 F&AMFacebookPhoneEmailExpandToggle MenuFacebookEmailPhoneFacebookPhoneEmailScroll to topScroll to topExpand HTTP 200
Solar Lodge HTTP unchecked
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SolarLodge914

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #16 worldwide · score 80.0 · high live siteTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.

SignalCount / sourcePts
Own official websiteyes18.0
Pages absorbed79.6
Distinct hosts25.6
Social accounts13.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)4 / 08.0
Last verified (site-like)2026-09-20 (0d)6.0
Description corpus chars18869.8
Officers listed publicly96.0
Meeting schedule publishedno0.0
Hall / addressphysical · geocoded8.0
Proceedings / sketches / assertions116.0
Parent GL membership prior (sourced only)none in corpus0.0

formula v1.1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID c5e1ac69-439c-580d-89e2-ca8dc338b10d

Lodge lifecycle

Number
914
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama
Opened
unknown
Closed
unknown
Successor
unknown
Meetings
unknown

Events

No lifecycle events. Proceedings not extracted yet.

Historical lineage

Charter / constitution / claimed descent. Not recognition.

This body traces through / was chartered by

SourceTargetDatesEvidence
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of AlabamacharteredSolar LodgeunknownunknownSourceautomatically_extracted

Current recognition

Directed edges only. Mutual recognition would appear as two edges.

This organization recognizes

None documented.

Organizations that recognize this one

None documented.

Classifications (attributed)

Exact language from a named body. The database has no is_clandestine flag.

None documented.

No attributed classifications.

Other documented relationships

None documented.

Primary-source corpus

URLs collected about this organization, including directory entries and official pages.

official website · primary
Solar Lodge

first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified unknown

directory entry · locator
Solar Lodge No. 914 — directory

Public directory listing. Status: active. Close date not stated.

first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified 2026-09-20 · HTTP 200

Sourced descriptions

extracted excerptLodgeLocator entity 2 — Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama

Solar Lodge No. 914 listed under Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama as active at 3008 Ninth Ave. SW, Huntsville, AL, 35805 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

History - Solar Lodge #914 F&AM Skip to content Solar Lodge #914 F&AM Facebook Phone Email Home Blog About Expand History Events Calendar Grand Lodge of Alabama Group #2 Calendar Contact Solar Lodge #914 F&AM Toggle Menu Facebook Email Phone History of Solar Lodge #914 F&AM Solar Lodge No. 914 was a dream of a small group of masons belonging to Helion Lodge No. # 1, in the early 1960’s March 7, 1962 – Helion Lodge # 1 sponsored Solar. Tentative officers were : Worshipful Master: — John W. Kennedy Senior Warden: — John C. Dodd Junior Warden: — Oral M. Sly Secretary: — Vachel Stapler Treasurer: — Louis E. Hochholzer Tyler: — Hanry B. Atkinson Proposed appointed officers were : Senior Deacon – James E. Yates Junior Deacon – Bealem F. Carden Chaplain – Elmer A. Gunter Senior Steward – Lewis R. Coker Junior Steward – Enos L. Deason Marshal – Joe Herrin April 11, 1962 – the name of ‘Solar’ was accepted. May 19, 1962 – Most Worshipful Grand Master Fant, put Solar under dispensation in the degree room of the Scottish Rite Temple being approved as the meeting hall. Charter Members : Arlis C. Adams Costa E. Apostolakis Henry B. Atkinson Freeman Auten Lloyd Babb Richard D. Black John Douglass Brown Frank Randolph Camp Bealem Foster Carden John E. Cave Lewis R. Coker Enos L. Deason John C. Dodd Woodrow L. Glasgow Delta Ira Godwin Raymond M. Griffin Pierre Gunnoe Elmer A. Gunter Richard E. Hall John Evans Harris Wesley Hass Joe H. Herrin Louis E. Hochholzer Harmon Kelley [

official about

Solar Lodge #914, Alabama's first and oldest lodge. Explore our history, activities, and how you can become a part of our esteemed fraternity.

Assertions

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