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’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.