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Helios Lodge

lodgeactivenot on UGLE listmn-273-helios-lodge

Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-MN · Minnesota
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
AF&AM
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Grand Lodge of Minnesota, A.F. & A.M.
Founded
unknown
Website
http://www.helioslodge273.org

Public contacts

email: s_fredell@yahoo.com personal published by org
email: secretary@helioslodge273.org public organizational
email: leo@helioslodge273.org public organizational
email: senior.warden@helioslodge273.org public organizational
email: junior.warden@helioslodge273.org public organizational
email: worshipful.master@helioslodge273.org public organizational
phone: (651) 627-2758 public organizational
phone: (612) 817-0325 public organizational

Addresses

physical 343 Second Ave SW, Cambridge, MN, 55008
mailing 343 Second Ave SW, Cambridge, MN, 55008
meeting 343 Second Ave SW, SW Cambridge, MN, 55008

Officers (public)

unknown

Website

Website liveness

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

Current site
Helios Lodge HTTP 200
Helios Lodge HTTP unchecked
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/heliosmasoniclodge/
https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.helioslodge273.org%2Fcalendar%2F
https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.helioslodge273.org%2Fhistory%2F

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #38 worldwide · score 83.3 · high live siteTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.

SignalCount / sourcePts
Own official websiteyes18.0
Pages absorbed810.1
Distinct hosts25.6
Social accounts38.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)3 / 08.0
Last verified (site-like)2026-09-20 (0d)6.0
Description corpus chars17149.6
Officers listed publicly00.0
Meeting schedule publishedyes6.0
Hall / addressphysical · geocoded8.0
Proceedings / sketches / assertions24.0
Parent GL membership prior (sourced only)none in corpus0.0

formula v1.1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID 8e3a27cb-2cdc-5ca8-b74a-c7331271391f

Lodge lifecycle

Number
273
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Minnesota, A.F. & A.M.
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
Grand Lodge of Minnesota, A.F. & A.M.charteredHelios 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
Helios Lodge

first seen 2026-09-20 · last verified unknown

official website · primary
Helios Lodge

Helios Lodge

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

lodge page · locator
Calendar

Helios Lodge #273 web site

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

directory entry · locator
Helios Lodge No. 273 — directory

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

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

historical sketch · locator
History

Helios Lodge #273 web site

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

Sourced descriptions

extracted excerptLodgeLocator entity 23 — Grand Lodge of Minnesota, A.F. & A.M.

Helios Lodge No. 273 listed under Grand Lodge of Minnesota, A.F. & A.M. as active at 343 Second Ave SW, Cambridge, MN, 55008 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

History Expand/collapse navigation Home History Calendar Newsletter Links Scholarship/Community Library/photos Secret Stuff Home History Calendar Newsletter Links Scholarship/Community Library/photos Secret Stuff Share History of Helios Lodge Masons began meeting in the Cambridge area in the early 1900's. The name "Helios" was chosen as the lodge name which is the Greek word for the sun which provides light. Light is associated with knowledge and understanding. Thus the name "Helios" alludes to providing knowledge and understanding for the members of the lodge. The first meeting of Helios Lodge was held February 13th, 1909. On January 15th, 1910, the Grand Lodge was petitioned for a charter. The charter was awarded and the officers for the newly chartered Helios Lodge #273 were installed by the Grand Lodge on February 26th, 1910. On February 27th, 2010, Helios Lodge celebrated the hundredth anniversary of Masonry in Cambridge, Minnesota. The first lodge room was on the second floor of the Gouldberg and Anderson Building overlooking Main Street and Second Ave. SW in Cambridge (current location of the Post Office). That building burned on December 31st, 1931. The archives of the lodge that were lost included the Charter, the working tools that had been handed down from earlier years and all other memorabilia and pictures. After the fire the lodge moved to the Gillespie-Stoneburg building at the southwest corner of Main St. and Highway 95 in Cambridge; where they remained throug

Assertions

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