Welcome. I thought that I would share with you what makes Olive Branch Lodge special. As you can see from the images above (click on them to see them better), the very first recorded Masonic meeting in Texas occurred in San Felipe on Feb. 11, 1828. Stephen F. Austin and six other Freemasons met and voted to petition the Grand York Lodge of Mexico to be allowed to form the "Lodge of Union" at San Felipe.
Because of the Texas Revolution, that lodge was never formed and Stephen F. Austin's desire was left unfulfilled. However, after Stephen's death, a lodge was established in San Felipe in 1860 and they met in the upper room of the 1840s church building. This lodge moved to Sealy in 1933.
Olive Branch Lodge No. 26 was reconstituted in San Felipe because its original township of Cincinnati, Texas no longer exists. It is our hope that Olive Branch Lodge may become a "lodge of union" – a place of agreement and accord – in San Felipe as our lodge works to build up and support historical San Felipe, Texas.
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