Lodge History

A Bit of History

Park Hill Lodge No. 148, A.F. & A.M. was organized on August 5, 1915, when residents of the Park Hill neighborhood gathered at the Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church and voted to establish a Masonic lodge in their community. The lodge received its charter from the Grand Lodge of Colorado on September 19, 1916.

For some years prior to the organization of Park Hill Lodge, that section of Denver known as Park Hill had been one of the most attractive, newest, and rapidly expanding residential areas in the city. The new residents had begun to share mutual interests as homeowners and as Masons — and the lodge they established has served the neighborhood and the Craft ever since.

The lodge issued a formal resolution thanking Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church for its hospitality, recorded at the last stated communication held at the church on November 19, 1925. A full history is documented in Centennial Celebration 1861–1961, published by the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Colorado.