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.
James Prowse Jr. and the Cornerstone of Advance Lodge No. 635
One James Prowse donated the cornerstone of Advance Lodge No. 635’s Grand Avenue temple. His son rose through the lodge’s offices before leading Astoria Lodge No. 963. Their records trace a family’s place in Astoria’s Masonic history.