Tadmor Lodge No. 923: A Historical Members Directory
A growing research directory of deceased members associated with Tadmor Lodge No. 923 of Ridgewood. Explore documented lodge roles, founding connections, biographical notes and related articles, with incomplete identities and uncertain affiliations kept separate as research leads.
One Degree, Several Lodges: Tadmor’s Masters’ Night in 1925
During Tadmor Lodge’s tenth-anniversary year, visiting Queens Masons contributed to its degree work. Follow the surviving references to Geba’s David Kaplan and King David’s Isaac A. Albert, alongside the lectures, services and visits that connected Tadmor with other lodges in 1925.
One Hall in Ridgewood: Tadmor Temple and Four Queens Lodge Lineages
Tadmor’s Ridgewood temple hosted three lodge constitutions in one evening in 1928, welcomed Wakefield’s constitution in 1931 and accommodated Suburban for decades. Follow the ceremonies, guests and shared rooms that connect Forest Avenue and Summerfield Street with four present Queens District lodge lineages.
Across Queens to College Point: The Six Lodge Histories Behind Anchor-Astoria
Six lodge histories converge in Anchor-Astoria Lodge No. 729. From College Point and Astoria to Richmond Hill, Liberty Avenue, South Ozone Park and the Ridgewood-Glendale area, their beginnings and consolidations trace a borough-wide network now brought together in College Point.
One Charter, Many Rooms: Tadmor Lodge No. 923 and the Geography of Ridgewood
Tadmor Lodge No. 923 has kept its name and number while its meeting places have changed. From borrowed space in Woodhaven and Jamaica to two Ridgewood buildings, Forest Hills and Astoria, its addresses reveal a history of institution-building, shared rooms and connections across the Queens Masonic District.
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.
Mr. Mason of Queens: Edward J. Smith and the Work of Starting Lodges
Remembered as “Mr. Mason of Queens,” Edward J. Smith was Tadmor Lodge’s first Master and a familiar figure at other lodges’ beginnings. Follow the borough clerk and judge through the early ceremonies of Geba, Astoria and Wakefield, and the work of connecting Queens’ Masonic institutions.
Suburban Lodge at Tadmor Temple: A Shared Masonic Home in Ridgewood
Suburban Lodge No. 1087 began its working life inside Ridgewood’s Tadmor Masonic Temple. Newspaper notices from 1928 through 1955 document degree work, commemorations and social events, revealing how one lodge’s building became a working home for another.
Suburban-Queens Village Lodge: Three Histories, One Consolidated Lodge
Formed in 1981 through the consolidation of Suburban and Queens Village lodges, Suburban-Queens Village welcomed Prosperity in 1984. Explore how three lodge histories rooted in Ridgewood, Queens Village and Woodhaven came together before continuing into Jamaica-Queens Village and, ultimately, Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
Suburban Lodge No. 1087: A Ridgewood Lodge With a Suburban Name
Suburban Lodge No. 1087 began in 1928 with a constitution ceremony at Ridgewood’s Tadmor Masonic Temple. Explore its shared meeting place, officers, degree work and social life, then follow its later Floral Park association and the consolidations that carried its institutional line into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
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.