Audubon-Parkside Lodge #218 F&AM - Audubon, NJ
N 39° 53.420 W 075° 03.998
18S E 494303 N 4415587
This is a very vibrant and active lodge filled with competent officers and involved Past Masters, both, the life blood of any viable lodge. They meet the first Friday of every month. Constituted 1920 and consolidated in 1989.
Waymark Code: WM7R01
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2009
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The two lodges that consolidated to form Audubon-Parkside Lodge #218 were both chartered in 1920. The lodge building used to be an old movie theater. Inside, in the East (where the Worshipful Master sits) and on the sides, it is easy to imagine sitting there in the fifties watching a western or comedy. I love coming to this lodge when I can; the brethren are very friendly.
A lodge history, from their website:
On December 5, 1951, the Temple Association obtained title to the old Highland Theater, which had been closed for several years. This building is right next door to Audubon Lodge's original meeting place. The first meeting Audubon Lodge held in Audubon Masonic Temple was on Friday, November 19, 1954.
Growth was difficult for Parkside Lodge and by 1988 the members had to search for a lodge to consolidate with. Audubon Lodge proved agreeable. On April 13, 1989, Grand Lodge officially consolidated Audubon Lodge #218 and Parkside Lodge #217 into Audubon-Parkside Lodge #218. A year and a half later Audubon Masonic Temple Association was dissolved and the lodge took title to Audubon Masonic Temple.
Address
Audubon Masonic Temple
305 East Atlantic Avenue
Audubon, NJ 08106