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| Formation | 1813 |
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Region | Tennessee |
Grand Master | Buddy Clark Leach, II |
| Website | grandlodge-tn.org |
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The Grand Lodge of Tennessee, officially the Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Tennessee, is the main governing body of Freemasonry within Tennessee. This Grand Lodge was established in Knoxville, Tennessee, on December 27, 1813, by nine Masonic lodges operating within the state.[1] In 2017, the Grand Lodge of Tennessee had a reported membership of 34,858 Master Masons, and by 2020 the membership had fallen only slightly to 33,200.[2]
The Grand Lodge is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, in the Grand Lodge Building.
- ^ Snodgrass, Charles A.; Demott, Bobby J. (1994). The History of Freemasonry in Tennessee. Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing. ISBN 1882194128. OCLC 32626841.
- ^ "Masonic Membership Statistics 2016-2017". Masonic Service Association of North America. Retrieved 23 July 2019.