Solomon Lodge

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36

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active

Grand Lodge

Grand Lodge of Delaware, A.F. & A.M.

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Solomon Lodge No. 36 listed under Grand Lodge of Delaware, A.F. & A.M. as active at 207 E. Delaware Ave., Newark, DE, 19713-2816 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

History and Education Skip to content Home About Solomon Lodge #36 About Masonry Calendar 2024/2025 Lodge Officers Past Masters Committees Our Charities Community Masonic Links Trestleboards JDI Bethel 9 History and Education Search for: History and Education On this page we hope to shed some light on the historical origins of operative and speculative masonry. We will endeavor to present the history in a timeline fashion, and is a work in progress – so please come back and refer to it often. Thank you. Click HERE to see a general timeline of Masonry thru the ages. The “Old Charges” are documents dating back to the 1200’s, that describe the structure of Masonic lodges. The earliest describe the laws and customs of operative stone masons guilds, which were later incorporated into the laws and rules governing the speculative lodges as we know them today. They consist of approximately 32 known manuscripts dated from 1248 up to 1730 after the formation of the Grand Lodge of England. In reviewing these documents one can see the roots of Freemasonry, and begin to understand how speculative masonry was started. The Statutes of Bologna written in 1248 are the earliest known of Masonic records. It consists of a collection of sixteen pages of parchment, which is officially dated the eighth day of August 1248, the year of its application in the city of Bologna. The statutes of Bologna recognise the municipal authorities as the chief, so that the city potentate is

About Solomon Lodge #36 Skip to content Home About Solomon Lodge #36 About Masonry Calendar 2024/2025 Lodge Officers Past Masters Committees Our Charities Community Masonic Links Trestleboards JDI Bethel 9 History and Education Search for: About Solomon Lodge #36 COMMITTEE OF FOUNDERS: HISTORY OF SOLOMON LODGE #36 Solomon Lodge No. 36 Newark, Delaware In Spring of 1967 a committee from Hiram Lodge No. 25 met several times with members of the proposed new lodge, and in May of 1967 a letter was forwarded to the Grand Lodge requesting a dispensation to form a new lodge. This letter named Milton L. Draper, Sr. as Worshipful Master, Albert J. Miller as Senior Warden, and David H. Calhoun as Junior Warden. None of the named officers were Past Masters but all had been certified to serve by the Grand Instructor. On May 11, 1967 Grand Master R. Franklin Gordy granted a dispensation for the formation of a new lodge in Newark, Delaware, to be known as Solomon Lodge No. 36. The first meeting was held on May 24, 1967, in the Newark Masonic Temple at which time petitions were read for four candidates, and three weeks later these candidates received the Entered Apprentice degree. Between this meeting and when the lodge received its charter, the Entered Apprentice degree was conferred on fifteen candidates, the Fellowcraft degree on seven candidates, and the Master Mason degree on six candidates. All candidates that were initiated, passed, and raised were presented with a Holy Bible for thei