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.
From Tadmor’s East to the Grand East: Charles W. Froessel
Charles W. Froessel served as Tadmor Lodge’s Master, Grand Master of New York and a judge of the state’s highest court. Follow his parallel Masonic and legal careers, from a Ridgewood ceremony for his five brothers to the constitution of three Queens lodges and the 1964 World’s Fair.
Maspeth, North Shore and Cardozo: Three Lodge Histories Behind Harmony
Maspeth, North Shore and Cardozo lodges form three branches of Harmony Lodge No. 241’s institutional history. Explore the funeral notices, bowling results, charitable activity and meeting-place references that preserve parts of their stories, from Maspeth’s 1928 beginnings to the northeast Queens lodges chartered in 1955.
Constitution Lodge No. 241: From a Broome Street Loft to Queens
Founded as Oscar Coles Lodge in 1851, Constitution Lodge No. 241 moved through Manhattan meeting halls before consolidating with Maspeth in 1974. Explore its Broome Street beginnings, 1867 renaming, funeral notices and the membership connections that helped carry its institutional history into Queens.
Harmony Lodge No. 241: One Number, Six Lodge Histories
Harmony Lodge No. 241 brings together six lodge histories rooted in Manhattan, Astoria, Maspeth, Jamaica and northeast Queens. Follow their meeting places and consolidations from an 1851 Manhattan beginning to the formation of Harmony in 1990 and its present meeting place in College Point.