DC Royal Arch Chapters
Chronology of Charters and Consolidations
information compiled by Paul M. Bessel ([email protected]) from various sources
| Year | Royal Arch Chapters Chartered (and year chartered) | Royal Arch Chapters Consolidated or otherwise deleted (and year each was chartered and/or consolidated and/or otherwise deleted) |
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| 1860’s | Columbia Chapter #1 (1867) (originally chartered in Maryland as #15 in 1840) Washington Chapter #2 (1867) (originally chartered in Maryland as #16 in 1847) Mount Vernon Chapter #3 (1867) (originally chartered in Maryland as #20 in 1863) Eureka Chapter #4 (1867) Lafayette Chapter #5 (1867) Washington Naval Chapter #6 (1869) |
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| 1870’s | Potomac Chapter #8 (1870) (originally chartered in Maryland as #8 in 1818) Mount Horeb Chapter #9 (1872) |
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| 1880’s | ||
| 1890’s | Brightwood Chapter #9 (1890) Hiram Chapter #10 (1892) Capitol Chapter #11 (1897) |
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| 1900’s | Anacostia Chapter #12 (1903) | |
| 1910’s | Mount Pleasant Chapter #13 (1914) | |
| 1920’s | William R. Singleton Chapter #14 (1921) Woodridge Chapter #15 (1924) Petworth Chapter #16 (1925) |
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| 1930’s | ||
| 1940’s | 1941 Potomac Chapter #8 and Hiram Chapter #10 consolidated into Potomac-Hiram Chapter #81944 Eureka Chapter #4 and Washington Naval Chapter #6 consolidated into Eureka-Naval Chapter #4 |
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| 1950’s | 1951 Mount Horeb Chapter #7 and Woodridge Chapter #15 consolidated into Mount Horeb-Woodridge Chapter #71957 Capitol Chapter #11 consolidated into William R. Singleton Chapter #141958 Mount Horeb-Woodridge Chapter #7 consolidated into Washington #2 |
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| 1960’s | 1961 Brightwood Chapter #9 consolidated into William R. Singleton Chapter #141962 Petworth Chapter #16 consolidated into Columbia Chapter #11963 Potomac-Hiram Chapter #8 and Washington Chapter #2 consolidated into Washington-Potomac Chapter #8 |
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| 1970’s | 1979 Lafayette Chapter #5 and Anacostia Chapter #12 consolidated into Anacostia-Lafayette Chapter #5 |
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| 1980’s | 1981 William R. Singleton Chapter #14 and Eureka-Naval Chapter #4 consolidated into William R. Singleton Chapter #4 |
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| 1990’s | 1991 Anacostia-Lafayette Chapter #5 consolidated into Columbia Chapter #1 |
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| 2000’s | Sojourner Kilwinning Chapter #17 (2000) |
