Mount Tabor Lodge A.F. & A.M.

Freemasonry is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was established in 1733 and is the third oldest Grand Lodge in the world. Today, there are over 50,000 Freemasons in Massachusetts that meet in more than 275 individual Lodges in cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth.

Mount Tabor Lodge – Officers

Contact and Meeting Information

Lodge Address:

Mount Tabor Lodge
70 Topsfield Road
Ipswich, MA. 01938

Contact Information:

Wor. Scott Van Dyke
bighscott@comcast.net
978-852-1736

Making a Man even better

Meeting information:

Regular Communication
Fourth Wednesday of each Month


Officers – Then and Now

Mount Tabor Lodge, was Chartered by Simon W. Robinson on December 9, 1846. On this date, the very first officers of the Mount Tabor Lodge were installed: 

Original Officers – 1846

  • Master: Wor. Ephriam May Cunningham
  • Senior Warden: Bro. Merrill Pettingill
  • Junior Warden: Bro. Dolliver Johnson
  • Treasurer: Bro. Enoch Plummer
  • Secretary: Bro. Daniel Caldwell
  • Chaplain: Bro. Rev. Sylvanus Cobb
  • Senior Deacon: Bro. Israel Foster Crafts
  • Junior Deacon: Bro. Sumner Foster Barrett
  • Senior Steward: Bro. Asahel Durgan
  • Junior Steward: Bro. George M. Hall
  • Tyler: Bro. Seth Brooks

Today’s Officers – 2023/24

  • Master: Wor. Howard Scott Van Dyke
  • Senior Warden: Wor. David W. Taglieri
  • Junior Warden: Wor. William W. Cicci
  • Treasurer: R.W. Robert A. Monahan
  • Secretary: Wor. Shaun J. Flanagan
  • Chaplain: Wor. Alfonse Leone
  • Marshal: Bro. Theodore Polonsky
  • Senior Deacon: Bro. Joshua Gigliotti
  • Junior Deacon: Bro. Don Rivet
  • Senior Steward: Bro. Roy J Gebhardt III
  • Junior Steward: not installed
  • Tyler: Wor. Gary J. Freedman
  • Ritualist: Wor. William E Shofner
  • Asst. Secretary: R.W. Myles H. Mackay
  • Organist: not installed