Fraternitas Rosae Crucis (Fraternity of the Rosy Cross,FRC orF.R.C.) is aRosicrucian fraternal organization established in the United States byPaschal Beverly Randolph in 1856,^[1] and is the oldest Rosicrucian Order founded in theUS.^[2][3] They also operateBeverly Hall Corporation and theClymer Health Center inQuakertown, Pennsylvania.^[4]

The FRC's first lodge was established inSan Francisco in 1861, and closed soon after. In 1871 they established another lodge inBoston and in 1874, reestablished in San Francisco. In 1875 they finally settled inPhiladelphia.^[3][5]

While Reuben Swinburne Clymer headed the order, the FRC established itself at Beverly Hall, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.^[6]

• Paschal Beverly Randolph (1858–1875)^[1]
• Freeman Benjamin Dowd (1875–1907)^[1]
• Edward Holmes Brown (1907–1922)
• Reuben Swinburne Clymer (1922–1966)
• Emerson Myron Clymer (1966–1983)
• Gerald Eugene Poesnecker^[7] (1983–2003)
• William Glen Kracht^[8] (2003–present)

• Mysticism
• Esotericism

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• 19th century in San Francisco

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