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South Norfolk Lodge

lodgeactivenot on UGLE listva-339-south-norfolk-lodge

Identity

Abbreviation
unknown
Jurisdiction
US-VA · Virginia
Also operates
unknown
Naming style
AF&AM
Claimed tradition
craft lodge under Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Founded
unknown
Website
https://sn339.com/

Public contacts

email: south.norfolk@valodge.org public organizational
phone: 757-980-0339 public organizational

Addresses

physical Chesapeake, Virginia, 23322-, 7905
mailing Chesapeake, VA

Officers (public)

unknown

Website

Website liveness

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

Current site
South Norfolk Masonic Lodge No. 339 A.F. & A.M. — Chesapeake, VA HTTP 200
Former sites
none recorded
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/sn339

Public-web footprint

Public-web footprint

Rank #369 worldwide · score 68.5 · high live siteTravel signal only. Footprint ≠ members. Dead official URLs do not earn the live-site points.

SignalCount / sourcePts
Own official websiteyes18.0
Pages absorbed58.3
Distinct hosts25.6
Social accounts13.0
HTTP 200 / 404 (site-like)3 / 08.0
Last verified (site-like)2026-09-20 (0d)6.0
Description corpus chars17549.6
Officers listed publicly00.0
Meeting schedule publishedno0.0
Hall / addressphysical · geocoded8.0
Proceedings / sketches / assertions12.0
Parent GL membership prior (sourced only)none in corpus0.0

formula v1.1 · computed 2026-09-20 · join key lodge UUID ad3c0eec-ee02-542a-9e73-db1e5d4591bb

Lodge lifecycle

Number
339
Status
active
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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, A.F. & A.M., of the Commonwealth of VirginiacharteredSouth Norfolk 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.

Sourced descriptions

extracted excerptLodgeLocator entity 44 — Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the Commonwealth of Virginia

South Norfolk Lodge No. 339 listed under Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of the Commonwealth of Virginia as active at 1307 Ohio Street, Chesapeake, Virginia, 23322-, 7905 on public directory (accessed 2026-09-20). Open/close dates not stated on this directory.

historical sketch

History of South Norfolk Masonic Lodge No. 339 A.F. & A.M. South Norfolk Masonic Lodge No. 339 A.F. & A.M. Home Calendar History Appendant Bodies Membership History of South Norfolk Lodge During the year 1921, forty-eight Master Masons who were to become charter members of this Lodge signed a petition addressed to Most Worshipful John S. Bottimore, Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, requesting permission to open and hold a regular Lodge in the City of South Norfolk, Virginia. Twenty-eight members of Doric Lodge No. 44, eighteen members of Berkley Lodge No. 167, one member of Lake Drummond Lodge No. 178, and one member of McAllister Lodge No. 185 made up the group. The Grand Master approved the petition and issued the dispensation on November 26, 1921, authorizing the formation of South Norfolk Lodge Under Dispensation. Appointments to offices were made as follows: Worshipful Master: C. R. Fentress Senior Warden: W. F. Davis Junior Warden: T. G. Harrell The first stated communication of the Lodge was held in the Odd Fellows Hall in South Norfolk on December 7, 1921. Right Worshipful Frank F. Champion, District Deputy Grand Master, installed the officers. Brothers S. H. Dennis and W. T. Madrin offered to serve respectively as treasurer and secretary without remuneration until the financial status of the Lodge was well established. The first special communication was held on January 7, 1922. Four candidates were initiate

Assertions

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