DENVER, COLORADO
Very little of the early history of Rob Morris Lodge is available other than several meetings were held in Gyllesteim’s Hall; some in a store room on Walnut Street, a number in the tailor shop of August Avril, opposite Gibson Hall.
On October 1, 1892, several interested Masons with the help of Denver Lodge No.5 requested the Grand Lodge for a dispensation to organize a Lodge U. D.
On October 8, 1892, Most Worshipful Grand Master William D. Wright issued a dispensation to Rob Morris Lodge U. D. with John C. Fulton as Worshipful Master.
It was mainly through the efforts of Brother Fulton that Rob Morris Lodge was organized and it was he who bestowed upon it its name, he having met and been an ardent admirer of Most Worshipful Brother Rob Morris.
On September 20, 1893, the Charter was granted, and on October 2, 1893, the Lodge was constituted by Grand Master Jethro C. Sanford, with Edward F. Hoffman, Worshipful Master.
The first meeting of Rob Morris Lodge, U. D. was held October 10, 1892. There were twenty-two petitions received at the first five meetings.
From its inception until 1897, and again from 1902 until 1906, the Lodge met in Gibson Hall, 3836 Walnut Street. In 1906 it moved to the Masonic Temple, 16th and Welton Street, Denver, where the meetings have been held since that time.
Much of the furniture and implements of the Lodge were made and presented by individual brethren. The Bible now in use was the gift of Brother Gus D. Baines, on the 50th anniversary. The American Flag was presented by P. M. Fred G. Hunt.
The Grand Lodge recognized Rob Morris Lodge by electing Most Worshipful Brother William M. Nelson as Grand Master in 1939 and by appointing Worshipful Brother Charles H. Watkins as Grand Tiler in the same year.
There were two members who served the Lodge with distinction as Secretaries, namely: Henry F. Evans from 1905 to 1922 and William M. Nelson from 1922 to 1954.
The Grand Lodge Record as of November 30, 1960 shows a membership of 427
