From a petition signed by thirty-one Master Masons in 1924 to more than a century of brotherhood, charity, and service to the City of Irving.
The Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M., granted a charter to thirty-one Master Masons living in or around Irving, forming Irving Lodge #1218.
The first meeting of the new Lodge, a Called Meeting, was held to confer the Entered Apprentice Degree — conducted as a courtesy by visiting officers of Trinity Valley Lodge #1048 of Dallas.
At the first Stated Meeting, J. M. Popplewell was elected and installed as the first Worshipful Master of Irving Lodge, alongside the Lodge’s founding officer line.
Brother George Walter Story was raised a Master Mason on this date and became the first Master Mason raised as a member of Irving Lodge.
The first Christmas Relief Committee was appointed to care for the Masonic widows of Irving Lodge — a tradition of fraternal kindness that continues to this day.
The Building Committee reported the purchase of Lots 23 and 24 of the original Town Site of Irving from the City — the future home of Irving Lodge.
Worshipful Master Harlan T. Goode presided as 104 Master Masons gathered to break ground for a new Masonic Temple at the corner of Second and Jefferson Streets.
Most Worshipful Hugh M. Craig, Grand Master of Masons in Texas, laid the cornerstone of the new Irving Masonic Temple before approximately 250 Brethren and guests.
Irving Lodge held its first meeting in the new Masonic Temple at 132 E. 2nd Street, installing Brother Verner A. Taylor as Worshipful Master for the 1950–51 Masonic Year.
With the building fully paid for, Worshipful Master John P. Shafer welcomed Grand Master W. G. “Bill” Proctor as the mortgage note was ceremonially burned in the Lodge Room before 231 Brethren.
With the raising of Brother Charles Randall Goolsby, Irving Lodge reached its highest recorded membership: 1,089 Master Masons.
Brother William B. Tinsley purchased the first Endowed Membership in Irving Lodge, beginning a long-term effort to secure the Lodge’s financial future.
Worshipful Master Phillip D. Baker dedicated the newly remodeled downstairs as “Memorial Hall” — in memory of those Brethren who have gone to the Celestial Lodge Above.
Irving Lodge celebrated seventy-five years of Masonic labor. Past Master and Secretary Dean Alexander compiled and read the Lodge’s history, which forms the basis of this timeline.
Irving Lodge #1218 marked its Centennial — one hundred years of fraternal brotherhood, service to the City of Irving, and the enduring work of Freemasonry.