Dunton Masonic Temple: A Clubhouse Before a Lodge
Dunton’s Masonic temple began as a clubhouse before Dunton Lodge No. 1017 received its charter. In 1921, members drawn from fifty-nine lodges launched a community hall on Van Wyck Boulevard, building in stages and raising funds through bazaars. Follow its documented beginnings, decades of lodge activity and the unanswered questions surrounding its disappearance.
Woodhull Lodge No. 982: The Search for a Temple of Its Own
No temple owned or built by Woodhull Lodge No. 982 has been identified in the available research. Instead, newspaper notices trace its meetings through Jamaica’s Masonic Temple and at least one occasion in Hollis. Explore how shared rooms sustained a Queens lodge—and why its 1985 merger into Jamaica does not resolve every question about where it met.
The Hillside Temple in Woodhaven
Hillside Lodge began building its Woodhaven temple in 1913, using a member’s architectural firm and a neighborhood fundraising campaign. Within seven years, the lodge needed more space. Explore the building’s windowless lodge room, its connection to Arthur E. Wenige’s Astoria work, and its later life as Queens Tabernacle—with Masonic carvings still visible on 96th Street.
Richmond Hill Masonic Temple: A Lodge Room Upstairs, a Stage Downstairs
Richmond Hill’s Masons broke ground in 1915 with about 150 spades, then held a fundraising fair inside their unfinished temple. Dedicated in 1916, the building combined a public auditorium and stage downstairs with a lodge room above. Its history follows the Eastern Star chapter’s early land purchase, neighborhood fundraising, shared meeting spaces and a public farewell to Queens Scout executive Charles Arthur Worden.
Richmond Hill Lodge No. 892: Four Lodges and the Long Life of a Number
Richmond Hill Lodge No. 892 began in 1911 and built a temple within five years. Its later history joined a lodge rehearsed in a South Ozone Park cellar with institutions rooted in Richmond Hill and Ridgewood. Follow Richmond Hill, Wakefield, Cathedral and Granite through the consolidations that formed Queensboro Lodge—and the 2024 merger that carried their lineage into Anchor-Astoria in College Point.
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.
The Flushing Masonic Temple: A Corner Built to Last
Tadmor Lodge No. 923 occupied two successive temples in Ridgewood: a corner building on Fresh Pond Road purchased in 1918 and a larger temple opened at Forest Avenue and Summerfield Street in 1926. Both survive in other uses. Their history follows building campaigns, shared lodge rooms and visible Masonic details, while separating documented events from unresolved ownership questions.
Tadmor’s Two Masonic Temples: From Fresh Pond Road to Summerfield Street
Tadmor Lodge No. 923 made two homes in Ridgewood: a corner property on Fresh Pond Road purchased in 1918 and a larger Masonic temple opened on Summerfield Street in 1926. Follow the fundraising, construction, shared lodge rooms, and unresolved ownership questions behind these two buildings, including the temple now used by the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council.