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Ft. Hancock Lodge #1297 A.F. & A.M. 1505 Magruder St. El Paso, TX 79926 Map It
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 370402 El Paso, TX 79937-0402
Stated Meeting: 7 PM, third Thursday of the month. Light dinner before meeting. Lodge Photo Gallery
Officers: Worshipful Master: James Irby Senior Warden: Charlie Hicks Junior Warden: Bill Giddings Treasurer: Lionel Hartzog Secretary: Jack Bryant Chaplin: Charlie Aylsworth Senior Deacon: Tom Shoppach Junior Deacon: Tom Glover Senior Steward: Junior Steward: Tiler: Glenn Austin
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Ft. Hancock Lodge 1297 was charted by the Grand Lodge of Texas in 1946. Brother I.E. Franklin was the FIRST MASTER of the new Lodge.
Terrill Franklin was the First Master Mason raised in Ft. Hancock Lodge
The Lodge building in 1946 was on the back side of a Movie theater on the South side of old U S Highway 80.
The Lodge moved into their new building as soon as it was built in 1960.
Brother Martin Franklin was the first Master Mason raised in this Lodge building in 1960.
At one time there were three Lodges in Hudspeth County; Sierra Blanca Lodge 1063 which was chartered in 1912, Ft. Hancock Lodge 1297 chartered in 1946, and Dell City Lodge 1379 chartered in 1957.
In 1986, Sierra Blanca Lodge merged with Ft. Hancock.
Dell City Lodge merged with Ft. Hancock in 1989.
15 of our current members were raised as a Master Mason in Ft. Hancock Lodge.
We still have 8 members that were raised in Dell City Lodge 1379,and 4 members that were raised in Sierra Blanca Lodge 1063. The remaining 19 members come from all over Texas and the United States.
Lodge moved to El Paso on August 16, 2007.
Our Current total membership is 46.
