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Welcome to the Official Web Site ofThe Harmony Lodge No. 57
The Harmony Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 57 G.R.C. meets Second Wednesday of Each Month, 7:30 p.m.* (dark in July and August)
*7:00 p.m. April and Official Visit
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HistoryHarmony Lodge was granted dispensation April 5, 1855 when the first 3 principal officers were installed with W. Bro. Win. Mussen, W.M. of York Lodge 286 G.R.I. presiding. 1st W.M. was W. Bro. Jeremiah Taylor 1st S.W. was Bro. John Brown 1st J.W. was Bro. Henry Morgan
The W.M. was then regularly installed at a special Past Masters’ meeting in Hamilton on June 28, 1855. Harmony Lodge, being formed prior to the Grand Lodge of Canada, was granted a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Ireland and numbered 358. The warrant was issued July 1856, however the Lodge held it’s first meeting as Harmony No. 27 on February 25, 1856. In 1858, after the union of the Ancient Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Canada, Harmony Lodge was renumbered as No. 57. Harmony Lodge held our first regular meeting at our new home on April 12, 2023.
Few other firsts include: 1st Candidate was Reuben Taylor, son of the first W.M. 1st Grand Lodge Officer was R.W. Bro. Rev. George Chrystal 1st Grand Master to visit was M.W. Bro. John Ross Robertson 1st D.D.G.M. was R.W. Bro. Hugh Johnson in 1917
Members from Harmony Lodge formed Wentworth Lodge, which in turn formed T.H. Simpson Lodge. Harmony Lodge members also formed Lincoln Lodge. In 2006, T.H. Simpson Lodge Amalgamated with Wentworth Lodge to be Wentworth Lodge No. 166 meeting in Stoney Creek. Lincoln Lodge No. 544 amalgamated with Harmony Lodge in 2021.
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