History of the 21st Masonic District


The 21st Masonic District was officially constituted on July 1, 2017 as a new Masonic District by the authority of and under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida following the passage of legislation at the 188th Grand Communication which called for the redistricting of all of the Masonic District and Masonic Zones in the State of Florida, the 21st Masonic District was a result of the merger of the 24th Masonic District in Polk County and the 25th Masonic District in Hardee and Highlands Counties. The new district consisted of fifteen lodges within a 100 mile radius starting in Central Florida traversing to the Tampa Bay and Sarasota regions.

R:.W:. Lowell Thomas Craze was appointed by M:.W:. Richard Hoover, Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida to serve as the first District Deputy Grand Master of the new 21st Masonic District. Sadly R:.W:. Craze passed to the Celestial Lodge above on August 31, 2018 two months after completing his term as our District Deputy Grand Master.

On December 28, 2020 two lodges in the 21st Masonic District, Bowling Green Lodge No. 121 and Fort Meade Lodge No. 160 completed a merger with Fort Meade as the surviving lodge. The Bowling Green Masonic temple was sold following the merger. The 21st Masonic District now has 14 lodges.

Past District Deputy Grand Masters of the 21st Masonic District


2017-2018 R:.W:. Lowell Thomas Craze, Fort Meade Lodge No. 160†

2018-2019 M:.W:. Stanley R. Foulke, Lake Wales Lodge No. 242¹
2019-2020 R:.W:. John R. Miller, Travelers Lodge No. 390
2020-2021 R:.W:. Anthony L. Pickren, Corinthian Lodge No. 191
2021-2022 R:.W:. C. Pearce Dreadin, Travelers Lodge No. 390
2022-2023 R:.W:. Gary Gordon, Sebring Lodge No. 249
● 2023-2024 R:.W:. Thomas Simpson, Poinciana Lodge No. 227

† Deceased
¹ Prior to relocating and joining the Grand Lodge of Florida, M:.W:. Foulke served as Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Alaska Free and Accepted Masons for the 1997 A.D. / 5997 A.L. Masonic year and he holds the title of Past Grand Master for the Alaskan Masonic jurisdiction.