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John W. Durst Lodge

lodgeactivenot on UGLE listoh-716-john-w-durst-lodge

Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-OH · Ohio
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
F&AM
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Grand Lodge of Ohio, F. & A.M.
Founded
unknown
Website
http://www.johnwdurst716.com

Public contacts

email: secretary.jwdlodge716@gmail.com personal published by org
email: johnwdurst716@gmail.com personal published by org

Addresses

physical Dayton, Ohio, 45401
mailing Dayton, Ohio, 45405-, 4702

Officers (public)

unknown

Website

Website liveness

directory onlyOfficial URLs are kept after they die. Facebook is social, not a replacement site.

Current site
John W Durst 716 FREEMASONS HTTP 200
John W. Durst Lodge HTTP unchecked
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/johnwdurst716

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #1563 worldwide · score 30.5 · med directory onlyTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.

SignalCount / sourcePts
Own official websiteyes18.0
Pages absorbed25.1
Distinct hosts12.8
Social accounts00.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)0 / 00.0
Last verified (site-like)never0.0
Description corpus chars2181.6
Officers listed publicly00.0
Meeting schedule publishedno0.0
Hall / addressphysical3.0
Proceedings / sketches / assertions00.0
Parent GL membership prior (sourced only)none in corpus0.0

formula v1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID 727bd347-7855-582a-ab74-af6a833805bd

Lodge lifecycle

Number
716
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Ohio, 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 Ohio, F. & A.M.charteredJohn W. Durst 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
John W Durst 716 FREEMASONS

John W Durst 716 is a Dayton lodge located at the Dayton Masonic Center. the lodge was charted in 1944 and is one of very few lodged named after a living person

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

Sourced descriptions

extracted excerptLodgeLocator entity 35 — Grand Lodge of Ohio, F. & A.M.

John W. Durst Lodge No. 716 listed under Grand Lodge of Ohio, F. & A.M. as active at 525 W Riverview Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, 45401 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

--> History | John W. Durst lodge #716 F&AM top of page   John W. Durst 716 F. & A. M. Home History Membership Craft Club Lodge Officers Past Masters 33° Members KYCH Members From the East Calendar Contact Us Links more Use tab to navigate through the menu items. History      Late in the autumn of 1943 the need for at least two additional Symbolic Lodges in Dayton became apparent.  A study of the membership statistics was carefully made by the three Dayton Grand Lodge officers Right Worshipful Brother L.T. McKinney, Grand Marshal; Most Worshipful Brother Charles B. Hoffman, Past Grand Master; and Most Worshipful Brother Elmer R. Arn, Past Grand Master, who concluded that in order to reach a definite decision on the matter, a meeting of a number of active Dayton Masons should be called to expand the discussion to a ;larger and more representative group.       On December 8, 1943 such a meeting was held in the Masonic Temple, and in addition to the three Grand Lodge Officers there were in attendance eight other prominent Masons, one from each of the eight lodges then in existence.  After a lengthy discussion it was agreed that the formation of two new lodges was in order.  While this discussion was not unanimous there was no serious opposition stated and the majority agreed that the formation of the new lodges should proceed at once.    To carry out the details of the formation of these

official about

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Assertions

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