Murchison Masonic Lodge

The Murchison Masonic Lodge was considered the oldest organized group in Lavaca County. Under a dispensation granted March 29, 1850, the lodge was chartered January 31, 1851, and named for early Texas colonist and Masonic leader John Murchison of Fayette County. Its first officers were Isaac J. Foster, Worshipful Master, Silas Bennett, Senior Warden, and Peter McDermott, Junior Warden. About 1855, the lodge built a three-story hall that was also used as a church and a school called Masonic College. Lodge member Friench Simpson served as Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Texas in 1900.

Hallettsville, Texas · United States