Seven Lodges, Thirty-Three Histories: What the Queens Lineages Reveal
Seven present-day Queens District lodges preserve thirty-three constituent lodge histories. This capstone to The Seven Lodges brings their beginnings, consolidations and shared meeting places together, tracing connections from nineteenth-century Manhattan through Queens to a present meeting place in Nassau County.
A Manhattan Number, Six Lodge Histories: The Lineage of Harmony No. 241
Harmony Lodge No. 241 brings together six lodge histories, from an institution founded in Manhattan in 1851 to Queens lodges chartered in the 1920s and 1955. Follow their connections through Astoria, Maspeth, Jamaica and northeast Queens, four consolidation events and a succession of shared meeting places.
Nine Lodge Histories, One Queens Lineage: Springfield Gardens No. 1057
Nine lodge histories converge in Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057. From Jamaica’s 1864 charter to eight institutions organized between 1911 and 1928, their beginnings and consolidations connect neighborhoods across southern Queens with a continuing lodge that now meets in Rockville Centre.
One Charter, Many Connections: Cornucopia Lodge and the Growth of Northeast Queens
Cornucopia Lodge No. 563 has continued without consolidation, but its history reaches into several other Queens lodge lineages. Follow its connections with Anchor, Whitestone, Bayside and Service—and its journey from rented rooms in Flushing to its own temple and a shared meeting place in College Point.
The Number That Traveled East: Francis Lewis Lodge No. 273 and Its Queens Lineage
Francis Lewis Lodge No. 273 carries the number of a Manhattan lodge chartered in 1852. Follow the histories of Metropolitan, Whitestone, Bayside and Brandeis through three consolidations to a shared meeting place in College Point—and discover how an institutional number connects different generations of New York and Queens.
Across Queens to College Point: The Six Lodge Histories Behind Anchor-Astoria
Six lodge histories converge in Anchor-Astoria Lodge No. 729. From College Point and Astoria to Richmond Hill, Liberty Avenue, South Ozone Park and the Ridgewood-Glendale area, their beginnings and consolidations trace a borough-wide network now brought together in College Point.
One Charter, Many Rooms: Tadmor Lodge No. 923 and the Geography of Ridgewood
Tadmor Lodge No. 923 has kept its name and number while its meeting places have changed. From borrowed space in Woodhaven and Jamaica to two Ridgewood buildings, Forest Hills and Astoria, its addresses reveal a history of institution-building, shared rooms and connections across the Queens Masonic District.
Three Kinds of Queens: The Six Lodge Histories Behind Advance Service Mizpah
A Manhattan lodge, three institutions from older Queens communities and two lodges of the early twentieth-century expansion came together in Advance Service Mizpah No. 586. Explore what their beginnings, buildings and consolidations reveal about the borough—and how Island City’s number found a continuing home in Advance’s Astoria temple.