Dunton Lodge No. 1017: A Clubhouse First, a Lodge Second
Dunton’s Masons began a clubhouse before Dunton Lodge No. 1017 received its charter in 1923. Explore the relationship between club and lodge, members whose careers spanned banking, policing and the electrical trades, and the later consolidation that carried Dunton’s institutional history into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Woodhull Lodge No. 982: Jamaica’s Offshoot in Eastern Queens
Organized in Jamaica’s Masonic Temple in 1921, Woodhull Lodge No. 982 brought together bankers, political figures, professionals and tradesmen from eastern Queens. Explore its beginnings as Jamaica Lodge’s offshoot, its Revolutionary-era namesake, members’ lives and the consolidations that carried its institutional line into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Prosperity Lodge No. 962: Shared Rooms, a Social Calendar and a Traveling Degree Team
Prosperity Lodge No. 962 began in Hillside’s Woodhaven temple in 1920 with plans to acquire a home of its own. The surviving record instead follows shared rooms, crowded social events and a degree team that traveled across Queens. Explore its early activities, members and the consolidations that carried its lineage into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Hillside Lodge No. 894: The Woodhaven Lodge That Outgrew Its Temple
Hillside Lodge No. 894 began with about thirty charter members and reported nearly five hundred by 1920. Its rapid growth transformed a young Woodhaven institution, forced an enlargement of its temple and brought members together for a dinner with name cards. Follow Hillside’s beginnings in Brooklyn Manor, its union with Council Lodge and its lineage’s continuation in Springfield Gardens.
Jamaica Lodge No. 546: A Mother Lodge of Southeast Queens
Chartered in 1864, Jamaica Lodge No. 546 helped neighboring lodges begin, supported Jamaica Hospital and maintained a temple where younger institutions could meet. Follow its history from rented Town Hall rooms to a relocated chapel, Woodhull’s formation and the consolidations that carried Jamaica’s institutional line into Springfield Gardens Lodge in 2013.
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 Lodge No. 923: A Monument in the Making of Ridgewood
Tadmor Lodge No. 923 grew alongside Ridgewood, turning rented rooms, neighborhood bazaars and family networks into a lasting local institution. From its 1914 beginnings to two successive temples and public celebrations, its history reveals how residents built community—and how the lodge continued beyond the neighborhood. Tadmor remains active today, meeting in Astoria.
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.
Cornucopia Lodge No. 563: Borrowed Aprons and the Making of Flushing
Cornucopia Lodge No. 563 began in 1864 with borrowed aprons, borrowed bylaws, and rented rooms. Its history follows Flushing’s growth through public ceremonies, charitable work, and members whose careers reached beyond the village. The temple eventually disappeared, but the lodge continued—carrying its Flushing history to a new meeting place in College Point.
From Manhattan to Astoria: The Geography of a Lodge Lineage
Follow the six lodges behind Advance Service Mizpah Lodge from Manhattan’s Grand Street through the waterfront communities and neighborhoods of Queens. This geographic history traces their meeting rooms, temples, ferry connections, and eventual convergence at the Advance temple in Astoria.
Island City Lodge No. 586 and the Laying of Its Cornerstone
On September 8, 1906, Island City Lodge No. 586 laid the cornerstone of its Jackson Avenue temple in Long Island City. Follow the procession from Smithsonian Hall, the plans for a building with stores beneath its lodge room, and the connection to Advance Lodge of Astoria.
The Island City Masonic Temple: A Building That Served a Growing Borough
Built on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, the Island City Masonic Temple combined lodge rooms with rental space and a basement bowling alley. Explore its 1906 plans, musical and social life, and the federal court tenancy that eventually sent the lodge to Elmhurst.
Mizpah Masonic Temple: The Watchtower at the Center of Queens
Opened in 1921, Mizpah Masonic Temple at 87-11 Whitney Avenue in Elmhurst became a shared home for several Queens lodges and a district school of instruction. Explore its design, fundraising bazaar, dedication, and later use by a church beneath the surviving MIZPAH inscription.
Freemasonry in Queens: Lodge Histories, Masonic Buildings, and People
Explore Freemasonry in Queens through the histories of its lodges, Masonic temples, and members. This reader’s guide connects active lodges with their predecessors, historic meeting places, member directories, and biographies, beginning with One Lodge, Six Charters—the story of Advance Service Mizpah Lodge No. 586.