Lodge Callendar 588

Lodge Callendar 588 is conveniently located in the centre of Falkirk, just off the main shopping precinct in The Lint Riggs.

The First Master of the Lodge Brother Alexander Galloway

Master of the Lodge 1876 - 1879

Lodge Callendar No 588 meets in it's own purpose built temple which was built over 100 years ago.

Lint Riggs or 'fields of flax' is a reminder of Falkirk's agricultural past also present in names like Cow Wynd, Bean Row and Newmarket Street. Until the middle of the 18th Century linen was the major clothing material in lowland Scotland though there is no record of major production in or around Falkirk. Before 1903 the street was just wide enough to allow a horse and cart to pass through but the great improvement scheme of that year produced the present layout with several fine sandstone buildings. Most striking in the Masonic Temple on the south-east side with its classical Corinthian style of architecture and a fine inscribed door entrance complete with balustrade. It is the only Masonic Temple in the district and was completed in 1906 for Lodge Callendar No.588, the second lodge of freemasons to be established in the town. The internal decoration and furnishing is very interesting, especially the outstanding painted windows with their floral patterns.