St. John's Lodge (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
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Formation | 1736 (1736) |
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Affiliations | Grand Lodge of New Hampshire |
Website | portsmouthfreemasons |
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St. John's Lodge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, is the oldest Masonic lodge in New Hampshire[1] and was one of two founding lodges of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire.[2] It was founded either in 1734[3] or in 1736[4] and claims to be the oldest continuously operating Masonic lodge in the Americas,[5] a title also claimed by Solomon's Lodge in Savannah, Georgia, which was founded in 1734.[6][7]