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Salem Lodge

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Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-OR · Oregon
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
AF&AM
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Grand Lodge of Oregon, A.F. & A.M.
Founded
unknown
Website
http://www.salemlodge4.org/

Public contacts

email: anthonyschase@yahoo.com personal published by org

Addresses

mailing 1625 Brush College Rd. N.W., Salem, OR, 97304
physical 1625 Brush College Rd. N.W., Salem, OR, 97304

Officers (public)

unknown

Website

Website liveness

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

Current site
Salem Lodge #4 Salem, Oregon - Home HTTP 200
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
none in corpus

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #217 worldwide · score 71.8 · high live siteTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.

SignalCount / sourcePts
Own official websiteyes18.0
Pages absorbed69.0
Distinct hosts12.8
Social accounts00.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)5 / 08.0
Last verified (site-like)2026-09-20 (0d)6.0
Description corpus chars212710.0
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 d9b84ed7-3c18-5bbe-8bfe-08c846bc03df

Lodge lifecycle

Number
4
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Oregon, A.F. & A.M.
Opened
unknown
Closed
unknown
Successor
unknown
Meetings
the 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 P

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 Oregon, A.F. & A.M.charteredSalem Lodgeunknown – unknownSourceautomatically_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
Salem Lodge #4 Salem, Oregon - Home

Salem Lodge No. 4 A.F.&A.M. is a Freemason lodge located in Salem, Oregon. Established in 1853, it is the first Freemason lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Oregon. The lodge is committed to community service and charitable initiatives, including programs for veterans, child identification, scholarships, and support for foster care supplies. Join us at 1625 Brush College Rd NW, Salem OR 97304.

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

lodge page · locator
Salem Lodge #4 Salem, Oregon - Home

Salem Lodge No. 4 A.F.&A.M. is a Freemason lodge located in Salem, Oregon. Established in 1853, it is the first Freemason lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Oregon. The lodge is committed to community service and charitable initiatives, including programs for veterans, child identification, scholarships, and support for foster care supplies. Join us at 1625 Brush College Rd NW, Salem OR 97304.

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

directory entry · locator
Salem Lodge No. 4 — 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 37 — Grand Lodge of Oregon, A.F. & A.M.

Salem Lodge No. 4 listed under Grand Lodge of Oregon, A.F. & A.M. as active at 1625 Brush College Rd. N.W., Salem, OR, 97304 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

History Of Salem Lodge - Salem Lodge #4 Salem, Oregon Salem Lodge #4 A.F.&A.M. Salem, Oregon . Home History of Lodge Officers Join Charities Trestleboard Rent Facility  W.M. Alfred Metcalf Belt Three weeks after the forming of the grand lodge AF.&A.M. of Oregon John Elliott Deputy Grand Master on October 4th 1851 issued a dispensation for a lodge at Salem. To Alfred Metcalf Belt and others. It took a longer time for the dispensation to reach Salem and the lodge to get organized six weeks later on November 28th 1851 at which the first meeting of Salem lodge was held. This was attended by two members of the lodge, four who were accepted into membership by motion and vote at the second meeting December 20th 1851 and one visitor. The two members were Alfred Metcalf Belt as Worshipful Master, and Jes A Bennett as Senior Deacon. The four accepted into membership December 12th were, A. W. Ferguson as Senior Warden, J.W. Kalfus as Junior Warden and Secretary, John Howell as Treasurer, and A.B. Carter as Stewart and Tyler. The visitor were J.C. Avery, a member of Willamette Lodge No. 2, a farmer, merchant and founder of the town of Marysville the name of which was at his request later changed to Corvallis by the state legislature. Brother Avery visited the lodge again on January 14th and 23rd and February 20th 1852. He was first Secretary of Corvallis Oregon Lodge No. 14.   Alfred M Belt was a physician. His Past Master's Certificate and Demit from Weston Lodge No. 53 Boonev

official about

Salem Lodge No. 4 A.F.&A.M. is a Freemason lodge located in Salem, Oregon. Established in 1853, it is the first Freemason lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Oregon. The lodge is committed to community service and charitable initiatives, including programs for veterans, child identification, scholarships, and support for foster care supplies. Join us at 1625 Brush College Rd NW, Salem OR 97304.

Assertions

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