Port Glasgow - Lodge Cumberland Kilwinning No.217
description: Although this lodge was instituted in 1746, it was not until 1757 that Robert Sellars, a Port Glasgow mason, was asked to build the two storey Lodge Rooms at 9 King Street. For over 100 years, the ground floor was a school used to teach 40 boys reading and writing. In 1772, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached in the Lodge Rooms. it is the oldest purpose built Masonic Temple in the World. On 29th September 2007 the Lodge celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the building with a ceremony of re-dedication carried out by Sir Archibald D Orr Ewing BT. the Grant Mason of Scotland.
source: inverclyde
date: 1758
type: Museum