Village Lodge No. 315 Free and Accepted Masons

About Our Lodge

Our Lodge was chartered on April 22, 1953 and it was named Village for the village of Miami Shores in Dade County, Florida where it is located.

The Lodge is on the main road of a beautiful residential area and close to a number of universities among them Barry University, FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, Johnson & Wales, as well as to Miami Beach and the Design District.

The three Line Officers at chartering were:

Clifford C. Bratthauer - Worshipful Master
Alton P. Patten - Senior Warden
John C. Aloia - Junior Warden

The chartering Grand Lodge Officers were:

Perry Russell Marsh - Grand Master
James L. Mixson - Deputy Grand Master
L. Travette Lockwood - Senior Grand Warden
Thomas E. Taylor - Junior Grand Warden
George W. Huff - Grand Secretary.

We are very proud of a number of our Brothers who are very active in the Appendant Masonic Organizations in Florida such as the Scottish Rite, York Rite and the Mahi Shrine, and who held and continue to hold key positions in them.