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.
Jamaica-Queens Village Lodge No. 546: Keeping the 1864 Number
Formed in 1998, Jamaica-Queens Village Lodge No. 546 united five founding lodge histories under Jamaica’s Civil War-era number. Follow the connections among Jamaica, Woodhull, Queens Village, Suburban and Prosperity, the combined lodge’s Rockville Centre meeting place, and its 2013 consolidation into Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057.
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.
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.
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057: Nine Lodges, One Living History
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057 began with a Masonic club determined to build a neighborhood hall. Through successive consolidations, it became the meeting point of nine lodge histories reaching Jamaica, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Queens Village and Ridgewood. Follow the building campaigns, shared rooms and mergers that shaped a continuing Queens institution now meeting in Rockville Centre.
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057: The Lodge That Inherited Queens Histories
Springfield Gardens Lodge No. 1057 grew from a Masonic club that set out to build a neighborhood hall in 1920. Through later consolidations, it inherited lodge histories reaching Jamaica, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Queens Village and Ridgewood. Follow the building campaigns, shared meeting rooms and mergers that shaped a continuing Queens institution now meeting in Rockville Centre.