{"id":7186,"date":"2014-06-25T22:38:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T02:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=7186"},"modified":"2014-06-25T22:38:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T02:38:30","slug":"doors-open-2014-rising-sun-masonic-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/doors-open-2014-rising-sun-masonic-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"Doors Open 2014: Rising Sun Masonic Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ted McClenny,
\nLodge Historian<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been said that Aurora\u2019s Masonic Lodge \u201chas been here forever.\u201d
\n\"DoorsOpen_Blue\"
\nWhile that is, of course, not exactly true, Aurora\u2019s Masonic Lodge, more properly known as \u201cThe Rising Sun Lodge AF & AM No. 129 GRC\u201d is the oldest, uninterrupted organization in Aurora\u2019s lengthy history having been chartered in 1860 \u2013 three years prior to the incorporation of Aurora as a municipality.<\/p>\n

The first Master of the Lodge was a Scottish immigrant by the name of Robert Lyon, who was a farmer who farmed at the southeast corner of what is now Leslie Street and the Aurora Road. <\/p>\n

Lyon\u2019s wife passed away that year and he was left with five children to raise.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years, the Lodge Brethren held their meetings at three different locations in Town \u2013 one of which was the scene of a fire wherein all the Lodge records were lost. <\/p>\n

In the year 1885, the 25th anniversary year of the Lodge, the Brethren purchased the property and building it now occupies at 57 Mosley Street in the Town of Aurora. <\/p>\n

This structure was originally built in 1877 as a Methodist Episcopal Church. With the exception of a small addition at the south side of the building, there have been no major structural changes to the building since it was bought. <\/p>\n

The Rising Sun Lodge building proudly has the reputation of being one of the most beautiful, historic Lodges in the Province of Ontario and houses several original Masonic art treasures.<\/p>\n

Throughout the many years as home to Aurora\u2019s Masons, many prominent citizens of the Town and surrounding area have chosen to become members of this Lodge: doctors, lawyers, Town Councillors, Mayors, Provincial and Federal Representatives, shopkeepers, educators, members of the Military, factory workers and perhaps the most prominent of all, Sir William Mulock, Canada\u2019s first Postmaster General.<\/p>\n

Freemasonry is not a service club as some believe, but rather it is a Fraternity \u2013 a Brotherhood of men; good men who desire to become better men.
\nThe Rising Sun Lodge No. 129 has a proud and distinguished history with a promising future. We welcome all to come and view one of the \u201cjewels\u201d of Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry in Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been said that Aurora\u2019s Masonic Lodge \u201chas been here forever.\u201d <\/p>\n

While that is, of course, not exactly true, Aurora\u2019s Masonic Lodge, more properly known as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/2014-06-26-15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}