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Lodge History

     Beginning on January 22, 1883, Several Master Masons of Susquehanna Lodge No. 130 (in Havre de Grace) applied to Susquehanna Lodge, as the Jurisdictional lodge in the area, to form a new lodge in Perryman. 
    A committee was appointed and reported unfavorably on the 
undertaking. On January 14, 1884, Susquehanna Lodge passed a 
resolution stating that it would be "prejudicial to the interests of
Freemasonry to establish a lodge at Perryman".
    On April 8, 1890, eleven Brothers of Susquehanna Lodge again 
petitioned Susquehanna Lodge for a recommendation for dispensation and warrant to form a new lodge in Aberdeen. 

     At the Grand lodge meeting on May 13, 1890, a petition for a charter was submitted to the Grand Lodge requesting a Charter be granted to Brother George Walker and other petitioners to hold a lodge in Aberdeen. A Warrant was issued by Grand Master Thomas J. Shryock, and Aberdeen Lodge 187 came into existence. 
    At the Susquehanna Lodge meeting on May 13, 1890, members who were listed on the petition to the Grand Lodge requested and were granted demits. George Walker, who had been Master of Susquehanna Lodge No. 130 the previous year, became the first Worshipful Master of the New Aberdeen Lodge!
    On January 24, 1976, Aberdeen Lodge was destroyed by fire. As a result, the Lodge held its meetings at several locations, including 
Susquehanna Lodge No. 130.  By 1980, Aberdeen Lodge purchased a building at 20 Howard Street in Aberdeen, which continues to this 
date to be its Temple.