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 Howard Lodge No. 15 - Hillsborough, NB Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 45° 55.507 W 064° 38.630
20T E 372543 N 5087041
What appears to be the fourth home of Howard Lodge is the Steeves House Museum.
Waymark Code: WMR0B0
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 04/22/2016
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Chartered on March 31st, 1855, Howard Lodge first opened on April 12th, 1855, 161 years ago. The lodge was originally No. 966 on the Registry of England and changed to No. 668 in 1862. On May 14th, 1868 the lodge received a warrant making it a member of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick, constituted as "Howard Lodge No. 15". It has previously met in three other locations in Hillsborough before coming to the Steeves House Museum, where it meets the first Tuesday of each month in the Egypt Room.<
The house was built in 1812 and the Honourable William Henry Steeves was born here on May 20, 1814, going on to become first a successful entrepreneur and businessman, then a successful politician and Senator. A Canadian National Historic Person and Father of Canadian Confederation, Steeves' NRHP plaque is mounted in the front of the museum. Steeves died in Saint John, NB on December 9, 1873, sill holding the post of Senator.
Below is the story of the founding of Howard Lodge.
HOWARD LODGE No 15 HILLSBOROUGH
Originally No. 966 Registry of England, Changed to No. 668 AD 1862. Howard Lodge was first opened 12th April, 1855 by virtue of a dispensation issued 31st March, 1855 by R.W. Bro Alexander Keith P.G.M. and afterward formally constituted by W. Bro James Robertson, P.M. of Keith Lodge No. 927, E.R. of Moncton under a warrant granted 4th April 1856 under the sanction and authority of the united grand lodge of England the Rt. Hon. Earl of Zetland G.M. the Rt. Hon. Earl of Yarborough D.G.M. and W.H. White G.S. to the right trusty and well beloved brethren Samuel P. Fowler, Henry Bothwick, John McAuley Gallaeher, Samuel Kenan, Samuel Clark, Samuel Shaw, John A Reed and Alex MeRae, constituting the said brethren into a lodge of F. & A.M. under the title of ""Howard Lodge No 966"" to be holden at Hillsborough in New Brunswick on the first Tuesday in each month Samuel P. Fowler to be the first master Henry Bothwick the first S.W. and John McA. Gallacher the first J.W.
This lodge did not join in the formation of the grand lodge of New Brunswick but came in subsequently by surrendering its warrant 14th January 1868 to the grand lodge of England and receiving an interim warrant from the grand master of New Brunswick.
Under the authority and sanction of the grand lodge of New Brunswick a new warrant was granted 14th May, 1868 by M.W. Bro B.L. Peters G.M., constituting the lodge as "Howard Lodge No. 15" on the roll of the said grand lodge with the right trusty and well beloved brethren Dennis A. Duffy as W.M. Charles W. Colter as S.W. and Henry T. Stevens as J.W. continuing to them and all other the brethren on the roll of the lodge their rights and privileges as a lodge of F. & A.M. to meet at Hillsborough, Albert county on the first Tuesday of every month. This warrant was countersigned by R.W. Bro William Wedderbum D.G. M. and V.W. Bro W.F. Bunting G.S. and entrusted to the lodge 2nd March, 1869.
From the History of St. John's Lodge, F. & A.M. of Saint John, New Brunswick 
MASONIC LODGES: LODGE
GRAND MASONIC LODGES: Not listed
Other: Not listed
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