Brother John Anderson Leach of Advance Lodge No. 635
From his family’s Astoria nursery to Police Headquarters, John Anderson Leach built a career in law and civic service. Raised in Advance Lodge No. 635 in 1905 and later remembered as a past master, he became the trial commissioner known to generations of New York policemen as “Uncle John.”
Charles Wesley Hallett, Sr.
Discover the life of Charles Wesley Hallett, Sr.—Civil War veteran, Advance Lodge No. 635 Mason, banker, and civic leader whose story reflects the transformation of Hallett’s Cove into modern Astoria.
Brother Frederick T. Hallett: The Measure of an Astorian
Merchant, undertaker, civic organizer and the 209th member of Advance Lodge No. 635, Frederick T. Hallett helped shape Astoria as it entered the age of the Queensboro Bridge. His story connects an old waterfront family to the shops, lodge rooms and public institutions of a changing Queens.