Oakland № 61 started as a proposal to combine two existing lodges, each with its own storied identity and unique culture: Live Oak № 61 and Oakland-Durant-Rockridge № 188 (itself the result of several mergers in the 1980s).
In most cases, consolidation is a last resort for lodges-particularly for those with as much tradition as the two Oakland groups. In fact, Live Oak № 61 was the first Masonic lodge in Alameda County and counts some of the most influential early Oaklanders, including Francis K. Shattuck, among its past members.) But more than a simple consolidation, the idea in Rockridge was to form something new-a third identity, unique and apart from its two progenitors.
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