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Potomac Lodge

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Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-DC · District of Columbia
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
other
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of Columbia
Founded
unknown
Website
http://potomac5.org

Public contacts

email: secretary@potomac5.org personal published by org

Addresses

meeting 1212 Wisconsin Ave., NW Washington, DC, 20007
mailing Washington, DC, 20007
physical Washington, DC, 20007

Officers (public)

unknown

Website

Website liveness

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

Current site
Potomac 5 FAAM HTTP 200
Potomac Lodge HTTP unchecked
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
none in corpus

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #428 worldwide · score 68.7 · 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 hosts12.8
Social accounts00.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)4 / 08.0
Last verified (site-like)2026-09-20 (0d)6.0
Description corpus chars15859.3
Officers listed publicly00.0
Meeting schedule publishedyes6.0
Hall / addressphysical3.0
Proceedings / sketches / assertions36.0
Parent GL membership prior (sourced only)none in corpus0.0

formula v1.1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID b2395c2e-5b1f-58b4-8bd1-99b760914db2

Lodge lifecycle

Number
5
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of Columbia
Opened
unknown
Closed
unknown
Successor
unknown
Meetings
the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month

Events

No lifecycle events. Proceedings not extracted yet.

Historical lineage

Charter / constitution / claimed descent. Not recognition.

This body traces through / was chartered by

SourceTargetDatesEvidence
Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of ColumbiacharteredPotomac 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
Potomac Lodge

first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified unknown

official website · primary
Potomac 5 FAAM

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

directory entry · primary
Potomac Lodge stated meeting

Potomac Lodge No. 5 meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month ... 1212 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007

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

directory entry · locator
Potomac Lodge No. 5 — 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 10 — Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of Columbia

Potomac Lodge No. 5 listed under Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of Columbia as active at 1212 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20007 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

Potomac 5 FAAM | History Open Modal × Menu Home History The George Washington Gavel Events interested in Freemasonry? FAQs Members Contact GRANDVIEW LOGIN History Potomac Lodge No.5 F.A.A.M. is the oldest Freemason body in the District of Columbia. Established on April 21st, 1789 by prominent merchants living in Georgetown, Potomac laid the cornerstones of the White House in 1792 and U.S. Capitol in 1793 . It is the steward of a simple marble gavel, which was first used by President and Freemason George Washington , to lay the cornerstone of the Capitol. Since then, that Gavel has been loaned to several Presidents and the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, for other cornerstone and other masonic celebrations. Potomac is a charter member of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia and one of the lodge’s earliest leaders, Valentine Reintzel , served as the first Grand Master in 1811 . The lodge is also a charter member of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. 1789 - 1806: Building America's Capital 1806-1900: The First Century 1900-Now: Georgetown and Beyond GRANDVIEW LOGIN POTOMAC LODGE NO.5 FAAM 1212 WISCONSIN AVE. NW WASHINGTON, DC 20007 (202) 656-4755 Home History The George Washington Gavel Events interested in Freemasonry? FAQs Members Contact GRANDVIEW LOGIN × Close Panel

Assertions

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