On November 18, 1859, a Warrant of Constitution was given to Etiwan Lodge No.
95 by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina.
The First meeting was held in Town Hall on March 4, 1859.
The Town Hall was used as the Lodge for the first two years and then the
building which the fraternity now owns and occupies was purchased. This
building was built in 1835 and originally served as a Chapel of Ease for the
local members of the Christ Church Parish congregation. When the present Saint
Andrews Episcopal Church was built some twenty-two years later, the chapel was
sold to the Masons of Mount Pleasant at the cost of $500.
Etiwan has steadily grown in size. In 1908 there were sixty-seven members
and in 1945 there were two hundred and three members. Today there are over
three hundred members.
May we always be reminded of the heritage that is ours. Nearly one hundred
and fifty years of constant work for masonry and the ideas for which it stands,
by our predecessors, the majority of whom have gone to that "house not made with
hands," has made our lodge enjoy prosperity and prestige. It is our hope that
the brethren will emulate the good work and pass on to our successors the sound
and honorable fraternity which we inherited.
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