Site of the First Meeting of Freemasons Held in California

San Francisco County · 726 Montgomery Street, San Francisco · location approximate

On November 9, 1849, a charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia for the organization of California Lodge No. 13, Free and Accepted Masons, now California Lodge No. 1. On November 23, 1848, Levi Stowell was appointed master of the new lodge. On November 15, 1849, the lodge was formally organized under the charter.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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