St. George's Lodge was founded in 1904 Consecrated on 1st of July, 1905. The names of the 16 founders, as recorded in the roll of members included W.Bros.Ungebauer, Walton, Hopkins, and Fairburn all of whom later occupied the Master's Chair between 1905 and 1910.



The application to Grand Lodge for the Charter of the Lodge was supported by Roquelle Lodge No. 2798 of Freetown and Accra Lodge No. 3063. The first meetings were held in the Forester's Hall at Odunlami Street, Lagos. The first Master of the Lodge was W.Bro. Charles Ungebauer who in 1913 became the first Deputy District Grand Master of the District of Nigeria.

From the outset, the Lodge prospered and in its first year, 23 candidates were initiated and 22 M.M.'s joined. Our Brethren then determined to build their own Temple and in January 1907 they saw the advancement of their ambitions when the foundation stone of St. George's Hall was laid by Sir Walter Egerton, the then governor of Southern Nigeria. The architect was Bro. J.L.Wilde and building operations were supervised by Bro.C.W.Browne.

The new Temple was completed in very quick time and the first meeting of the Lodge in it's present home was held on July 6th 1907, when W.Bro. Dr. F.G.Hopkins was installed Master. In his publication "The West African Masonic Almanac and Handbook" W.Bro.Gibson wrote in 1920: "The best Masonic Hall on the coast is St. George's Lagos. It is admirably suited for Masonic business by reason of its upper story. It is lit entirely by electricity and properly ventilated with electric fans. It is practically now used by all the Lodges in Lagos on a rental basis and its architectural beauty adds such a touch of grandeur to the magnificence of Broad Street with its pompous buildings as bespeaks a rising city."

Through-out its history, the Lodge has made a significant contribution to English Freemasonry in Nigeria, and since its formation of the Masonic District of Nigeria, five of the ten district Grand Masters of Nigeria have at some time occupied the Master's Chair at St. George's Lodge. A further distinction enjoyed by the Lodge is its entitlement to be known as a "Hall Stone Lodge." This is in recognition of the response of our earlier Brethren to the M.W The Grand Master's appeal in 1921 to support the Masonic Peace Memorial, when St. George's Lodge achieved the stipulated contribution of Ten Guineas per member. The Masonic Peace Memorial tool the form of the erection of Freemasons' Hall in London as a lasting memorial to those Brethren who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country in the First World War, and the Master of St. George's is therefore entitled to wear The Hall Stone Jewel appended to a craft blue collaret on all masonic occasions.