About Freemasonry

The second lodge to be chartered in the Territories of Florida was St. Andrews Lodge #1 of the West Florida Territory and it was situated at Pensacola. St. Andrews was chartered May 3, 1771 by the Provincial Grand Lodge. In 1806, the Grand Lodge of Georgia issued a warrant to St. Fernando Lodge of St. Augustine, Florida. This Lodge worked in East Florida until suppressed by the Spanish in 1811.