Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons

of the State of New York

Contribute to Hurricane Relief

Moving Forward

Camp Turk

A residential camp for kids age 8-16 located in the beautiful Adirondacks

Masonic Care Community

A safe and active independent retirement community offering a full spectrum of services

Masonic Medical Research Institute

An internationally recognized biomedical research institute for genetic screening and drug development for inherited cardiac arrhythmia diseases

Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library

One of the world’s foremost repositories of Masonic books, artifacts, and ephemera

Police Square Club 100th Year Anniversary

by master | Sep 15, 2019 | News & Events | 0 Comments

The Police Square Club is celebrating their 100th Year Anniversary Dinner Dance at Marina Del Rey located at 1 Marine Drive, Bronx, NY 10465. We look forward to seeing everyone—join us as we celebrate this milestone of Masonic Tradition. It is $125 per person, formal...

Labor Day Message

by master | Aug 28, 2019 | Grand Master's Message | 0 Comments

My Brothers, As the Labor Day Weekend approaches, let us remember it is an annual national tribute to the contribution’s workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. We as masons and our families are integral in our country’s success....

Teena Davern Day at the MCC

by master | Aug 11, 2019 | News & Events | 0 Comments

We had a wonderful afternoon of accolades for one of our employees that all of you know if you have ever visited your MCC. Teena Davern works in our food services department and she is involved with nearly every event on the campus that includes Masons. Teena was...

Brick Purchase to Support Horticultural Center

Secure your Legacy at our Horticultural Center at the Masonic Care Community in Utica, NY. A Brick Purchase will bring us closer to completion and will help with additional improvements.

This is a great way to remember your family, loved ones, Lodge, District. etc.

CLICK HERE

The Grand Master's Greenhouse Initiative

Make donation amount in line 2: “Greenhouse for the Masonic Care Community”

DONATE NOW

“The Gateway” ~ Painting by Paul Orban, 1930

by Catherine M. Walter | June 28, 2019 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

This painting by Paul Orban, titled The Gateway, was used to illustrate an article by RW H.L. Haywood which was published in The New York Masonic Outlook, May, 1930. RW Haywood was a Masonic author and the editor of the New York Masonic Outlook, 1925-1930. A member...

Painting by Paul Orban, 1930, Obelisk Cornerstone Ceremony

by Catherine M. Walter | March 14, 2019 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

This painting by Paul Orban shows the 1880 cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Egyptian Obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park, New York City, NY, and it illustrated the title page of The New York Masonic Outlook, January, 1930. The caption reads: "On...

Magic Lantern Slide Projector and Slides, late-1800s/early-1900s

by Catherine M. Walter | December 18, 2018 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

In May of 2018, the Livingston Masonic Library received a spectacular donation from Fairport Flower City Lodge No. 476, in Fairport, NY: a working "Magic Lantern," or Stereopticon, with a large set of Masonic Lantern Slides.The donation was made In Memory of...

Apron, 1813, Marquis de Lafayette

by Catherine M. Walter | October 26, 2018 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

Within the Artifact Collection of the Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York, is an apron which is attributed to the Marquis de Lafayette which was published in 1813 by Brothers Desilver & Webster. The apron is made of leather, with a black ink...