Suburban Lodge No. 1087: A Ridgewood Lodge With a Suburban Name
Suburban Lodge No. 1087 began in 1928 with a constitution ceremony at Ridgewood’s Tadmor Masonic Temple. Explore its shared meeting place, officers, degree work and social life, then follow its later Floral Park association and the consolidations that carried its institutional line into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Queens Village Lodge No. 1046: A Neighborhood Lodge in the Community House
Chartered in 1925, Queens Village Lodge No. 1046 found an early home in the neighborhood’s Community House. Explore its meetings, social events and members’ lives, then follow the consolidations that carried its name through Suburban-Queens Village and Jamaica-Queens Village into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Dunton Lodge No. 1017: A Clubhouse First, a Lodge Second
Dunton’s Masons began a clubhouse before Dunton Lodge No. 1017 received its charter in 1923. Explore the relationship between club and lodge, members whose careers spanned banking, policing and the electrical trades, and the later consolidation that carried Dunton’s institutional history into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Woodhull Lodge No. 982: Jamaica’s Offshoot in Eastern Queens
Organized in Jamaica’s Masonic Temple in 1921, Woodhull Lodge No. 982 brought together bankers, political figures, professionals and tradesmen from eastern Queens. Explore its beginnings as Jamaica Lodge’s offshoot, its Revolutionary-era namesake, members’ lives and the consolidations that carried its institutional line into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Prosperity Lodge No. 962: Shared Rooms, a Social Calendar and a Traveling Degree Team
Prosperity Lodge No. 962 began in Hillside’s Woodhaven temple in 1920 with plans to acquire a home of its own. The surviving record instead follows shared rooms, crowded social events and a degree team that traveled across Queens. Explore its early activities, members and the consolidations that carried its lineage into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Council Lodge No. 979 and Council-Hillside: Two Histories, One Number
Council Lodge No. 979 was chartered in Richmond Hill in 1921, but its independent history remains sparsely documented in the available research. Follow its 1963 consolidation with Hillside, the combined Council-Hillside Lodge No. 894, and the later union that carried both institutional histories into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Hillside Lodge No. 894: The Woodhaven Lodge That Outgrew Its Temple
Hillside Lodge No. 894 began with about thirty charter members and reported nearly five hundred by 1920. Its rapid growth transformed a young Woodhaven institution, forced an enlargement of its temple and brought members together for a dinner with name cards. Follow Hillside’s beginnings in Brooklyn Manor, its union with Council Lodge and its lineage’s continuation in Springfield Gardens.
Jamaica-Queens Village Lodge No. 546: Keeping the 1864 Number
Formed in 1998, Jamaica-Queens Village Lodge No. 546 united five founding lodge histories under Jamaica’s Civil War-era number. Follow the connections among Jamaica, Woodhull, Queens Village, Suburban and Prosperity, the combined lodge’s Rockville Centre meeting place, and its 2013 consolidation into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Jamaica Lodge No. 546: A Mother Lodge of Southeast Queens
Chartered in 1864, Jamaica Lodge No. 546 helped neighboring lodges begin, supported Jamaica Hospital and maintained a temple where younger institutions could meet. Follow its history from rented Town Hall rooms to a relocated chapel, Woodhull’s formation and the consolidations that carried Jamaica’s institutional line into Springfield Gardens Lodge in 2013.
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057: A Queens Lodge Outside Queens
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057 retains its Queens District affiliation while meeting in Rockville Centre, Nassau County. Its present address brings together institutional histories rooted in nine founding lodges. Explore what continued through consolidation, how members maintained affiliations after moving away, and why the lodge’s original Queens temple and current meeting place tell different stories.
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057: Nine Lodges, One Living History
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057 began with a Masonic club determined to build a neighborhood hall. Through successive consolidations, it became the meeting point of nine lodge histories reaching Jamaica, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Queens Village and Ridgewood. Follow the building campaigns, shared rooms and mergers that shaped a continuing Queens institution now meeting in Rockville Centre.
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057: The Lodge That Inherited Queens Histories
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057 grew from a Masonic club that set out to build a neighborhood hall in 1920. Through later consolidations, it inherited lodge histories reaching Jamaica, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Queens Village and Ridgewood. Follow the building campaigns, shared meeting rooms and mergers that shaped a continuing Queens institution now meeting in Rockville Centre.
Anchor-Astoria Masonic Temple: Four Lodges, One Door in College Point
Behind a separate entrance at 18-14 College Point Boulevard, four active Masonic lodges share a meeting place above a commercial streetscape. Explore the Anchor-Astoria temple’s visible features, Cornucopia and Harmony’s 2024 arrival, and the distinction between shared rooms and merged lineages—while uncovering the questions that remain about the building’s construction and ownership.
Anchor-Astoria Lodge No. 729: Two Villages, One Number
Anchor-Astoria Lodge No. 729 brings together two Queens histories: Anchor’s nineteenth-century beginnings in College Point and Astoria’s formation after the First World War. From a centennial homecoming at the Poppenhusen Institute to the 1985 union and later Queensboro merger, its story follows an active lodge whose temple now serves as a shared home for several distinct Masonic institutions.
Tadmor Lodge No. 923: A Monument in the Making of Ridgewood
Tadmor Lodge No. 923 grew alongside Ridgewood, turning rented rooms, neighborhood bazaars and family networks into a lasting local institution. From its 1914 beginnings to two successive temples and public celebrations, its history reveals how residents built community—and how the lodge continued beyond the neighborhood. Tadmor remains active today, meeting in Astoria.
Cornucopia Lodge No. 563: Borrowed Aprons and the Making of Flushing
Cornucopia Lodge No. 563 began in 1864 with borrowed aprons, borrowed bylaws, and rented rooms. Its history follows Flushing’s growth through public ceremonies, charitable work, and members whose careers reached beyond the village. The temple eventually disappeared, but the lodge continued—carrying its Flushing history to a new meeting place in College Point.
Timeline of the Lodges That Formed Advance Service Mizpah Lodge No. 586
Follow the six lodges that formed Advance Service Mizpah Lodge No. 586, from City Lodge’s 1856 charter in Manhattan to the final consolidation in Astoria in 2018. This timeline traces their charters, temples, moves, and five consolidations.
Service Lodge No. 1009 and the Work of Relief in Flushing
Chartered in Flushing in 1923, Service Lodge No. 1009 built its life around charitable giving, shared ceremonies, and outings that did not always go as planned. Follow its history through lodge bulletins, anniversary journals, and the mergers that carried its name into Advance Service Mizpah Lodge.
City Lodge No. 408: Manhattan Roots in the Lineage of a Queens Lodge
Chartered in Manhattan in 1856, City Lodge No. 408 became the oldest branch in the lineage of Advance Service Mizpah Lodge. Follow its changing meeting rooms, a charity ball for Masons in Cuba, and the consolidations that connected its history to Queens.
How This Series Is Researched: Sources for Queens Lodge History
How do you write lodge history when the records disagree? This guide explains how the One Lodge, Six Charters series weighs Grand Lodge records, newspaper clippings, lodge histories, maps, and photographs to research Queens Masonic history and correct the record.