Tenafly · New Jersey
The Geography of No. 77

Five towns.
One lodge.

Before Alpine Tilden Tenakill Lodge met under one roof, five separate lodges moved through the towns of northern Bergen County. Select any address to trace the migration — address by address — across the map.

The Migration

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Alpine Lodge No. 77
Closter · Warranted January 17, 1867
Tilden Lodge No. 183
Dumont · Warranted March 27, 1906
Tenakill Lodge No. 266
Tenafly · Warranted April 21, 1927
William L. Daniels Lodge No. 269
Bergenfield · Warranted April 21, 1927
Teaneck Lodge No. 274
Teaneck · Warranted April 18, 1929
2007
404 Tenafly Road · Five lines unified
In 2007, the William L. Daniels line merges into Alpine Tilden Tenakill Lodge No. 77. Five warrants. Five names. Five towns. Twenty-two addresses. One hundred and forty years of independent craft — gathered at last under one roof. The lodge that meets here today carries all five lines forward.
Address Records
Address History — All Five Lodges
YearsAddressTown
Alpine Lodge No. 77
1867–1930Main Street (Harrington St) ¹Closter
1931–1932Closter Duck RoadCloster
1933–1988494 Durie AvenueCloster
1989–present404 Tenafly RoadTenafly
Tilden Lodge No. 183
1906–1974Washington & Madison Ave ²Dumont
1975–1979494–500 Durie Avenue ³Closter
Tenakill Lodge No. 266
1927–1928County RoadTenafly
1929–1942Magnolia AvenueTenafly
1943–1952Bradley Ave & N. William Street Bergenfield
1953–1984400 Tenafly RoadTenafly
1985–1988404 Tenafly RoadTenafly
William L. Daniels Lodge No. 269
1927–1928Central & Washington AveBergenfield
1929–1933Washington & Bedford AveBergenfield
1934–19457–9 George StreetBergenfield
1946–1959Bradley Ave & N. William Street Bergenfield
1960–1961Washington & Madison AveDumont
1962–196969 Windsor RoadBergenfield
1970–2006537 Windsor RoadBergenfield
Teaneck Lodge No. 274
1929–1940Teaneck RoadTeaneck
1941–1951Palisade Ave & Kovar StreetBogota
1952–1983511 Kenwood PlaceTeaneck

¹ First mention in records, 1914. Known locally as Harrington Street.   ² First mention, 1925.   ³ Tilden moved into Alpine's building at 494 Durie before the 1980 consolidation.   ⁴ Tenakill (1943–1952) and William L. Daniels (1946–1959) shared this building — two independent lodges, one address, for six years.

The Full Story

The addresses above tell part of the story. The full account — how five warranted lodges became one through consolidation, merger, and a century of common purpose — is told in Lodge History.