Brandon Masonic Association

Masonry has been a part of life in Brandon, Vermont, since at least 1800.  In June of that year, eleven Masons of Brandon and adjacent towns petitioned the Grand Lodge of Vermont for a charter, which was granted October 15, 1802, and named Washington Lodge No. 21.

A new charter, in the name of St Paul’s Lodge No. 25, was granted by the Grand Lodge of Vermont on January 15, 1852, and it is under this warrant that the lodge in Brandon continues to work today.

Prominent men of Brandon have been Masons since the earliest days.  Still-familiar Brandon surnames like June, Conant, Davenport, Briggs, Douglas, Chandler, Churchill, Bump, Bliss, Ormsbee, Ketcham, Swinington, Farr, Rosseter, Farrington, Newton, and Thompson populated the membership roll at the time of the lodge’s anniversary observance in 1902.  One of these, Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, was Governor of the State of Vermont from 1886 – 1888.  Two men of St Paul’s Lodge have served as Grand Master of Masons in Vermont:  Ozro Meacham from 1883 – 1885, and Welland S. Horn from 1979 – 1981.

The Freemasons of Brandon, Vermont, invite you to learn more about Masonry, where good men from all walks of life meet on the level.