Reagan Lodge, the first Masonic Lodge instituted in the Houston suburbs, marked the beginning of the second wave of Houston Masonic Lodges and accompanied a major surge in the growth of the city and the birth of its suburbs. The lodge was chartered in the municipality of Houston Heights on December 12, 1910; its first meeting was held on December 31, 1910. The lodge was named for Mason John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905), who served as a judge, Confederate Postmaster General, U.S. Congressman and Senator, framer of the 1876 Texas Constitution, and first chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. Within its first twelve years, the lodge facilitated the formation of Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, Order of Demolay for Boys and Order of Rainbow for Girls. Three area schools have been named for lodge members. The lodge’s first regular meetings were held in a rented space in the 900 block of Yale St. An association was formed in 1912 to raise money for a new, permanent lodge building, which was constructed in 1930 at the northeast corner of Harvard St. and Eleventh Ave., but was taken over by a local bank in 1935 as a result of the Great Depression. The lodge met at a temporary site until the completion of the lodge building at the northeast corner of Heights Blvd. and Sixteenth Ave. in 1948. The building was designed by architect and Houston Heights resident L.R. Hayes, who was also Master of Reagan Lodge 1937-1938. Reagan Masonic Lodge has a long history of charitable work and philanthropic endeavors and continues to be a civic leader in the Houston Heights community.
Reagan Masonic Lodge No. 1037 A. F. & A. M.
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Reagan Masonic Lodge No. 1037 A. F. & A. M. is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8001, -95.3976 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Barker House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Heights Church of Christ, Barker, David, and Woodward House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016433. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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