The town of New Burlington was growing so several Brethren who were members of other Masonic Lodges got together pondering on why they couldn’t start a Masonic Lodge in their own town.  Most of those Brethren were members of Harveysburg Lodge #312, so on November 10, 1894 they all attended the meeting and signed a petition in order to get a Dispensation to start a Lodge in New Burlington.  The minutes of the meeting in Harveysburg Lodge show a petition was signed by Lewis Smith, Marion Colvin, O.F. Collett, T.C. Haydock, Benjamin Farquer, S.D. Chancellor, F.S. Colvin, Henry Miller, and Frank Jenkins (all from Harveysburg), Phillip Trout of Clarksville #323, S.G. Sewell of Xenia #49, and Issac Evans of Waynesville #163.   After many meetings and complying with the rules and edicts of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, the charter was granted on October 24, 1895.  The first Lodge meeting place was the old school house built in 1835 which was used for 59 years.  In August 1954, the Brethren purchased the newer school house which had replaced the previous school and met there until 1971 when New Burlington was flooded to create Caesar Creek Lake.  Their new Lodge, the current building in Spring Valley, was built by the hard work of the Brethren of New Burlington Lodge.

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New Burlington Lodge No. 574, Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered on October 24, 1895, with G. Marion Colvin as the first worshipful master. The lodge has enjoyed a steady growth during the twenty-three years of its existence and now has a membership of sixty-eight. The past masters of the lodge are G. Marion Colvin, S. D. Chancellor, Frank S. Colvin, Harry B. Reeves, Charles E. Harrison, Joel Allen Fletcher, Welden N. McKay, Trevor C. Haydock, Burwell H. Miller, Clarence H. McKay and William A. Sayers. The officers for 1918 include the following: Robert D. Collett, worshipful master; Emanuel M. Copsey, senior warden; Homer J. Lundy, junior warden; Welden N. McKay, treasurer; Burwell H. Miller, secretary; Orville C. Colvin, senior deacon; Byron L. Adams, junior deacon; George A. Phillips, tyler; Charles H. Dill, senior steward; John W. Powell, junior steward; Thomas C. Haydock, Ellis W. Bradstreet and Trever C. Haydock, trustees.