By Brete Murphy · November 10, 2026
The histories of the seven current Queens District lodges, the earlier institutions behind them and the people and buildings that connect their stories. Part of The Lodges That Built Queens.
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This is the article guide to the seven lodges that currently constitute the Queens District of the Grand Lodge of New York.
The series follows their institutional histories through earlier lodges, members, buildings, changes of name and consolidations.
Its boundary is district membership, not simply geography.
Other active lodges have Queens origins or meeting places while belonging to different districts. Those histories remain part of the wider project, outside this seven-lodge group.
For an introduction to the scope and method, begin with The Seven Lodges of the Queens District: Start Here.
For relationships that cross the individual series, explore Connecting Stories Across the Queens District’s Seven Lodges.
Choose a Reading Route
Follow an Institution
Use the seven lodge sections below to explore a particular lineage and its constituent histories.
Follow the Borough’s History
The lineage essays examine what each institutional line reveals about neighborhoods, meeting places and the changing geography of Queens.
Follow a Connection
The connecting stories trace drawings, founders, visitors, shared rooms and ceremonial responsibilities across lodge boundaries.
A connecting article may belong to several lodge series. It remains one article, linked wherever it helps explain the relationship.
The Seven Lodges at a Glance
The meeting places below follow the author’s supplied November 2026 confirmation. They identify current arrangements, not necessarily property ownership.
| Queens District lodge | Meeting place supplied by the author | Enter the series |
|---|---|---|
| Advance Service Mizpah No. 586 | Advance Masonic Temple, Astoria | Advance Lodge and the wider line |
| Tadmor No. 923 | Advance Masonic Temple, Astoria | Tadmor history |
| Anchor-Astoria No. 729 | Anchor-Astoria temple, College Point | Anchor-Astoria history |
| Francis Lewis No. 273 | Anchor-Astoria temple, College Point | The 273 Line |
| Cornucopia No. 563 | Anchor-Astoria temple, College Point; since September 2024 | Cornucopia history |
| Springfield Gardens No. 1057 | Scottish Rite temple, Rockville Centre | Springfield Gardens overview |
| Harmony No. 241 | Anchor-Astoria temple, College Point; since September 2024 | Harmony history |
Six of the seven meet in two Queens buildings under this supplied account. Springfield Gardens’ meeting location outside the borough does not change its inclusion in the Queens District series.
Contact the relevant lodge before arranging a visit.
Connecting Stories: Where the Series Meet
These features are a central part of the project.
They explain relationships that a list of charters or consolidations cannot show on its own.
1. The Engineer’s Room
Arthur E. Wenige’s firm connects Hillside’s Woodhaven temple with Advance’s Astoria lodge room. Tadmor’s history passes through both buildings.
Connects: Advance Service Mizpah, Springfield Gardens and Tadmor.
2. The Thirteen Who Left Advance
The founding of Astoria Lodge No. 963 links Advance’s members and building with a line that later entered Anchor-Astoria. Castle Hall provides a further connection with King David.
Read The Thirteen Who Left Advance →
Connects: Advance Service Mizpah and Anchor-Astoria, with a shared-premises connection to Harmony.
3. The Tuesday Night Visitors
Anchor’s history remembers Cornucopia brothers coming from Flushing to assist its early work. Cornucopia’s later meeting arrangement brings the relationship back to College Point.
Read The Tuesday Night Visitors →
Connects: Cornucopia and Anchor-Astoria, with further relationships involving Francis Lewis, Harmony and Advance Service Mizpah.
4. Mr. Mason of Queens
Edward J. Smith’s duties at the beginnings of Geba, Astoria and Wakefield connect Tadmor with several later institutional lines.
Connects: Tadmor, Advance Service Mizpah and Anchor-Astoria. Tadmor’s early Hillside venue adds a Springfield Gardens connection.
5. From Tadmor’s East to the Grand East
Charles W. Froessel’s Masonic career connects Tadmor with Maspeth, Rufus King and Suburban, and later with the Masonic presence at the 1964 World’s Fair.
Connects: Tadmor, Harmony, Springfield Gardens and Anchor-Astoria.
Visit the Connecting Stories Hub →
Explore the Research Roadmap and Planned Features →
Advance Service Mizpah Lodge No. 586
Institutional History
- Advance Service Mizpah: A Living Inheritance of Six New York Lodges
- Advance Lodge No. 635
- Service Lodge No. 1009
- City Lodge No. 408
Further series components include the merger history, timeline, family tree, map and constituent histories of Island City, Mizpah and Geba.
Buildings and Members
- Advance’s Temple-Building Story
- Arthur E. Wenige: The Engineer’s Room
- Joseph Gelson: Keeper of Two Buildings
- Brother John Anderson Leach
The wider series also includes the members directory, James Prowse Sr. and the research concerning Advance’s name.
Connections Beyond the Line
Tadmor Lodge No. 923
Institutional History
The companion temple history follows the Halleck Avenue and Summerfield Street buildings and the lodge’s later meeting places.
Connections Beyond the Line
- The Engineer’s Room
- Edward J. Smith: Mr. Mason of Queens
- Charles W. Froessel: From Tadmor’s East to the Grand East
These features connect Tadmor’s rooms and officers with other lodges’ beginnings.
Anchor-Astoria Lodge No. 729
Institutional History
The wider series follows the College Point temple, Richmond Hill’s temple and lodge history, and the constituent lines carried through Queensboro.
Members and Connections
- Henry C. Buncke: A Ledger-Keeper Between Two Villages
- The Thirteen Who Left Advance
- The Tuesday Night Visitors
- Edward J. Smith
- Charles W. Froessel
Astoria and Wakefield belong to this later institutional line. Their earlier members and meeting places create additional connections without changing that lineage.
Francis Lewis Lodge No. 273: The 273 Line
The Seven-Part Series
- Start Here: How a Manhattan Lodge Number Came to Rest in Northeast Queens
- Atwood Lodge No. 208 and the 1852 Division
- Metropolitan Lodge No. 273: The Lodge That Commuted
- Whitestone Lodge No. 973: A Village Lodge Before the Bridge
- Bayside Lodge No. 999: Bayside’s Front Parlor
- The Engineer’s Room: Arthur E. Wenige
- Francis Lewis Lodge No. 273 and Brandeis
The Wenige article is a companion building connection, not an additional constituent lodge in the Francis Lewis line.
Building Features
Research and Wider Connections
Cornucopia Lodge No. 563
Institutional History
Members and Connections
- George U. Harvey: Cornucopia’s Master, Queens’ Borough President
- The Tuesday Night Visitors
- Service Lodge No. 1009
- The Whitestone Masonic Temple
These articles distinguish former members’ founding roles, assistance to neighboring lodges and the sharing of meeting space.
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057
Main Series
- Springfield Gardens: Start Here
- Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057: Lodge History
- Dunton Lodge No. 1017
- Woodhull Lodge No. 982
The wider series includes Jamaica, Hillside, Prosperity, Council and Council-Hillside, Queens Village, Suburban, Suburban-Queens Village and Jamaica-Queens Village.
Buildings
- Jamaica Lodge’s Rooms and Union Avenue Hall
- The Hillside Masonic Temple in Woodhaven
- The Dunton Masonic Temple on Van Wyck Boulevard
Other building studies concern Springfield Gardens, the Queens Village Community House, Woodhull’s proposed temple and Suburban’s use of Tadmor’s rooms.
Connections Beyond the Line
Hillside and Suburban provide different bridges into the connecting-story series.
Harmony Lodge No. 241
Institutional History
- Harmony Lodge No. 241: One Number, Six Lodge Histories
- Maspeth, North Shore and Cardozo: Three Lodge Histories Behind Harmony
The wider series follows Constitution, King David and Rufus King, along with the consolidated branches that produced Harmony.
Buildings and Connections
- The Whitestone Masonic Temple
- Charles W. Froessel
- The Thirteen Who Left Advance
- The Tuesday Night Visitors
Maspeth and Rufus King connect Harmony with Froessel’s district service. King David’s shared Castle Hall setting creates another connection with Astoria Lodge’s history.
Lineage Essays: What Each Line Shows About Queens
These essays provide the interpretive layer between the detailed lodge histories and the complete district picture.
Working subjects are:
- Advance Service Mizpah: Three Kinds of Queens.
- Tadmor: One Charter and Many Rooms.
- Anchor-Astoria: College Point and the Lines That Joined It.
- Francis Lewis: The Number That Commuted.
- Cornucopia: Flushing’s Lodge and Its Wider Connections.
- Springfield Gardens: Southeast Queens Through Its Lodge Histories.
- Harmony: One Number, Several Institutional Branches.
- Seven Lodge Lineages: How the Queens District Came Together.
Article links will be added as the destinations are established.
The collective essay’s charter count will be supported by a register stating whether it counts original warrants, parent institutions or surviving consolidation branches. Those categories should not be treated as interchangeable.
Sources, Scope and Editorial Method
The Selection Rule
This series covers the seven current lodges of the Queens District.
It does not claim to include every active lodge with Queens origins or every lodge meeting within Queens.
Dates and Institutional Changes
Charter and consolidation dates follow the Grand Lodge records identified in the individual articles and compiled by the author.
Where newspaper reports, lodge histories or directories disagree, the relevant article explains the conflict.
Meeting Places
The table above follows Brete Murphy’s supplied November 2026 confirmation.
Meeting location, district membership, property ownership and historical origin are treated separately.
A public directory can help establish a current contact point, but it does not replace the records needed to reconstruct earlier occupancy.
Public Research Resources
- [Grand Lodge of the State of New York](Grand Lodge of the State of New York | Free and Accepted Masons
Grand Lodge of the State of New York | Free and Accepted Masons
- Grand Lodge Lodge Locator
- Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library
- Livingston Masonic Library Archival Finding Aids
These are research entry points. Specific historical claims are documented in the individual articles’ endnotes.
Members and Attribution
Living members are not named under the project’s editorial policy.
Historical participation is described according to the evidence. A visiting officer is not automatically a founder; a shared building is not a merger.
Traditions and retrospective accounts are identified as such.
Continue Reading
New to the Project?
Start Here: The Seven Lodges of the Queens District
Interested in the Relationships?
Connecting Stories Across the Queens District’s Seven Lodges
Following the Research?
Connecting Stories: Research Roadmap
The 273 Line: Research Dossier
