The Knights Templar is the final order joined in the York Rite, and the only not to deal with Hiramic Legend. Also unlike other Masonic bodies which only require a belief in a Supreme Being regardless of religion, membership in the Knights Templar is open only to Freemasons who profess a belief in the Christian religion and who have completed their Royal Arch and in some jurisdictions their Cryptic degrees.
This body is modeled on the historical Knights Templar and hopes to carry on the spirit of their organization. Throughout history it has been claimed that Freemasonry itself was founded by the Knights Templar or that the Knights Templar took refuge in Freemasonry after their persecution. The Grand Encampment of the United States acknowledges the existence of these theories but states that there is no proof to justify such claims.
A local Knights Templar unit is called a Commandery and operates under a state level Grand Commandery as well as The Grand Encampment of the United States. This is unique among Masonic bodies as most report to the state level alone. The Knights Templar confer three orders as opposed to the standard degree system found elsewhere in Freemasonry:
Right Eminent Grand Commander
Sir Knight Ben T. Johnson
1835 57th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46228
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Right Eminent Deputy Grand Commander
Sir Knight John W. Watters
211 West Broadway Street
Urbana, Ohio 43078
Eminent Grand Generalissimo
Sir Knight Nathaniel C. Benn
3050 Valarie Arms Drive #301
Dayton, Ohio 45405
Eminent Grand Recorder
Sir Knight William McElya
2100 E. High Street Apt 8-J
Springfield, Ohio 45509
Eminent Grand Treasurer
Sir Knight Maurio D. Powell
P.O. Box 603205
Cleveland Ohio 44103
Eminent Grand Senior Warden
Sir Knight Richard Johnson Sr.
11409 Darlington Avenue
Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125
Eminent Grand Junior Warden
Sir Knight Irving Straun
9344 RoundtopSir Road Apt A
Cincinnati, Ohio 45251
Meeting Days: 1st Thursday
Meeting Time: 8:00pm
Eminent Commander: Calvin Luckett
Recorder: Terry Grooms
Street Address:
817 Windham Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Chartered: 1917
Meeting Days: 4th Wednesday
Meeting Time: 7:00pm
Eminent Commander: John Watters
Recorder: Richard L. Bowser Sr.
Street Address:
541 Fair Street
Springfield OH 45505
Chartered: 1920
Meeting Days: 2nd Thursdays
Meeting Time:?
Eminent Commander: Charles Reynolds Recorder: James Manuel
Street Address:
638 North University Blvd.
Toledo, OH 43607
Meeting Days: 3rd Monday
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Eminent Commander: Chance V. Roberson Sr.
Recorder: Thomas Stevens
Street Address:
988 East Long Street
Columbus, OH 43203
Meeting Days: 1st Tuesday
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Eminent Commander: Robert Estelle
Recorder: Wes Philpot
Street Address:
2531 Germantown Street
Dayton OH 45417
Meeting Days: 4th Monday
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Eminent Commander: Anthony Peebles
Recorder: Richard Johnson Sr.
Street Address:
14402 Kinsman Road
Cleveland OH 44120
Meeting Days: 1st Monday
Meeting Time: 7:00pm
Eminent Commander: Kenneth Henderson
Recorder: Aaron Ray
Street Address:
1295 Curtis Street
Akron OH 44301
Meeting Days: 4th Monday
Meeting Time: 7:30pm
Eminent Commander: Curtis Hairston
Recorder: Patrick Cook
Street Address:
2201 Central Ave Street
Indianapolis IN 46205
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