History Of Montezuma Lodge No.1
Montezuma Lodge was first chartered on May 8, 1851 by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Almost immediately after the cessation of Hardin Lodge No. 87, the second Military Lodge, Santa Fe Masons petitioned for a dispensation, once to the Grand Lodge of Maryland and once to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, but neither time with success. Thus, the territory was without any Masonic Lodge for three years.
The charter went into practical effect with the institution of Montezuma Lodge No. 109, August 22, 1851. On August 7, 1877, the Grand Lodge of New Mexico was formed and the lodge received a new charter as Montezuma Lodge No. 1.
Regular communications of Montezuma Lodge are held on the first Monday of each month (Holidays excepted) at 7:00pm. Guests are welcome to join us for dinner before the meeting at 6:00pm.
Past Masters Of Montezuma #1
Merrill Ashurst
1851
F.A. Cunningham
1852
Jos. D. Ellis
1853
Hugh N. Smith
1854, 1859
Joab Houghton
1855, 1856
Ruben Frank Green
1857, 1858, 1860
Kirby Benedict
1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865
William W. Griffin
1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877
George T. Beal
1868
John Pratt
1871
Samuel B. Wheelock
1872
Henry L. Waldo
1878, 1879, 1880
Max Frost
1881, 1882
Thomas B. Catron
1883
Sigmund Wedeles
1884
William S. Harroun
1885, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1900, 1901
John Gray
1887
Charles F. Easley
1888, 1889, 1903
George W. Knaebel
1892
Thomas J. Curran
1896
Abraham F. Spiegelberg
1897
Frank S. Davis
1898
Arthur Boye
1899
Addison Walker
1902
Salamon Spitz
1904
Clinton J. Crandall
1905
Henry F. Stephens
1906
Richard Harry Hanna
1907
Norman L. King
1908
James A. Massie
1909
Foster P. Crichton
1910
Harry H. Dorman
1911
Alan R. McCord
1912
Edward R. Paul
1913
Robert J. Crichton
1914
Fred H. McBride
1915
Melvin T. Dunlavy
1916
Robert L. Cooper
1917
Robert L. Ormsbee
1918
Charles A. Wheelon
1919
Harry S. Bowman
1920
Willian E. Griffin
1921
John S. R. Hammitt
1922
John D. DeHuff
1923
Rupert F. Asplund
1924
Harvey S. Lutz
1925
George M. Neel
1926
Charles B. Barker
1927
James C. Harvey
1928
Herbet B. Gerhart
1929
John A. Lowe
1930
Louis C. Rockett
1931
Henry H. Lawrence
1932
Alfred J. Teare
1933
Orrin L. Staplin
1934
Wolcott L. Russel
1935
Elbert C. Phillips
1936
Aaron R. Abelard
1937
W. Carlos Powell
1938
John H. Bliss
1939
Reese P. Fullerton
1940
Harvey A. Thiele
1941
Albert R. Thomas
1942
Willard C. Smith
1943
Grover C. Moore
1944
Williard N. Dixon
1945
Samuel J. Pate
1946
Ray E. Pond
1947
Howard M. Sleeper
1948
Jack E. Young
1949
R. Kenneth Julian
1950
Fred S. Whitehead
1951
L. Horton Barrett
1952
William Chauvenet
1953
Quincy C. Appling
1954
William H. Watts
1955
Laurence e. Wheeler
1956
George H. McMahon
1957
George W. Stumpff
1958
Manuel J. Schafer
1959
Charles W. Allen
1960
A. W. Shaw
1961
William J. Beaty
1962
William Parsons
1963
Joseph Jay Reed
1964
James H. Black
1965
Monroe K. Alexander
1966
Candido M. Marquez
1967
J. William Kreuch
1968
Glen W. Burttram
1969
Kenneth A. White
1970
Charles F. Metz
1971
Le Roy Bryant
1972
Robert L. Maddox Jr.
1973
Jim C. Dixon Sr.
1974
Richard L. Russell
1975
Jose T. Pincheira
1976
Robert B. Gilmer
1977
Don L. Helberg
1978
G. Wayne Sanders
1979
James R. Morgan
1980
Elbert A. Maxwell
1981
B. William Friedman
1982
Wendell K. Waite
1983
Durwood Kimbrough
1984
Robert a. McCormick
1985
Robert L. Wheeler
1986
John R. Adams
1987
Darrel D. Hornsby
1988
William W. Gilbert
1989
Richard E. Mares
1990
Robert L. Stephenson
1991
Glenn W. Bryant
1992
Walter M. Zierman
1993
Louis Roy Jacobs
1994
Richard W. Hawkins
1995
John A. Hughes
1996
Enos s. Arnold (Honorary)
1996
José Morales
1997
Richard L. Russell
1998
Emilio B. Duran
1999
David P. Barton
2000
Douglas D. Ottersberg
2001
Yudi Wong
2002
Gerard M. Chaney
2003
Don L. Helberg
2004
José M. Montaño
2005
Ian W. MacGillivray
2006
Mark Z. Oldknow
2007
Nelson Y. Foss
2008
Daniel H. Sutcliffe
2009
David A. Taylor
2010
LeRoy W. Thompson
2011
Jerry Noedel
2012
Daniel A. Equibel
2013
George E. Watson
2014
Timothy R. Gilmore
2015
Marc A. DeGiovanni
2016
Robert H. Sherman (Honorary)
2016
Mark Z. Oldknow
2017
Scott G. Jaquith
2018
Patrick J. Varela
2019
Jee W. Hwang
2020
Michael J. Mulligan
2021
Charles A. Hannaford
2022
Christopher J. Williams
2023
José M. Montaño
2024
Jee W. Hwang
2025
