Artwork · a painting, not the LodgeMeridian Lodge No. 125 · Pittsfield, Maine · Since 1865
Good men. Lasting friendships. A stronger Pittsfield.
A place to belong, learn and give something back, here in Pittsfield since 1865.
Pittsfield, Maine, 2025. Photo: Quintin Soloviev, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.Our town
Pittsfield, Maine.
Meridian Lodge has been part of Pittsfield since 1865.
The Lodge Brain · original artwork
Remember the past. Make the future.
MasonBrain has proposed a shared home for the Lodge’s stories, learning and planning. Its illustrated stories are already live in TAP IT.
Find your place
Four ways to begin.
Whether you are curious, a neighbour or a Brother, there is a door for you.
ArtworkNew to Masonry?
Your first step is a conversation, not an application.
ArtworkEvents & meetings
Dates from the Lodge’s official calendar.
ArtworkOur community work
Documented service close to home.
ArtworkMembers’ Desk
Sign in, or share ideas with no sign-in.
No sign-in needed to take part: Share your ideas, no sign-in.
Our tenets
What we stand for.
Brotherly Love
Friendship that crosses every line of age, work and background.
Relief
Care for one another, and for the community we live in.
Truth
A lifelong habit of learning, reflection and honest living.
These are the tenets of Freemasonry, as presented in Maine’s Handbook for Masons (opens external site) (“Our Masonic Tenets”).
ArtworkRooted in central Maine
Part of Pittsfield since 1865.
Meridian Lodge has been part of this town for more than 160 years, through every season of central Maine.
Lodge life
Friendship, learning, service.
What a Lodge is for, in three pictures. These are paintings, not photographs of the Lodge or anyone in it.
Artwork
Carnegie Library, Pittsfield, Maine, about 1904 (architect's drawing). Photo: Albert Randolph Ross, architect. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication (Library of Congress advisory).
ArtworkComing up
When the Lodge meets.
ArtworkStated Communication
The Lodge's regular business meeting.
Stated Communication
The Lodge's regular business meeting.
Stated Communication
The Lodge's regular business meeting.
Source: Meridian Lodge #0125 calendar on the Grand Lodge of Maine connect platform (opens external site), read 27 Oct 2026. A Stated Communication is the Lodge's regular business meeting. Who may attend is confirmed by the Lodge, so please contact us before you visit.
Photo and details: Maine Central Institute, 2017
Featured story · 2017
A gift to Maine Central Institute’s Founders Campaign
- Confirmed
- $100,000 gift, announced by MCI in March 2017
- Recognition
- Names the Choral and Piano Center in MCI’s Visual & Performing Arts Education Center
Sources: MCI news, 27 Mar 2017 (opens external site) · Morning Sentinel / centralmaine.com, 8 Apr 2017 (opens external site). Photo: Maine Central Institute.
Read · Explore
Stories from the Lodge.
TAP IT is an illustrated story format. Each issue opens on its own site.
ArtworkA Gift That Became Music
An illustrated story about the Lodge’s 2017 gift to Maine Central Institute.
Read Issue 001 ↗ (opens external site)ArtworkTable Lodge
A TAP IT experience built around the Lodge’s table gathering.
Open Table Lodge ↗ (opens external site)
The MasonBrain proposal
For Lodge decision-makers: what works today, what is a mockup, and what is planned.
View the proposal ↗ (opens external site)
Bird's-eye view of Pittsfield, 1889 (lithograph). Photo: George E. Norris; Burleigh Litho. Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.Since 1865
A Pittsfield Lodge for more than 160 years.
The Grand Lodge of Maine chartered Meridian Lodge No. 125 on 3 May 1865 (charter document pending). That was one year before Maine Central Institute was founded in the same town.
Sources: GL Maine listing (opens external site) · MCI, 2017 (opens external site)
Our historyArtworkMeridian Lodge No. 125
There’s a conversation worth starting.
Questions about the Lodge, visiting, or Freemasonry in Maine? We’d be glad to hear from you.