Grand Lodge of New York
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The Grand Lodge of New York is the largest and oldest independent organization of Freemasons in the U.S. state of New York. The headquarters of the Grand Lodge is the Grand Lodge Building located at 23rd Street in Manhattan.
Façade of the 24th street building of the Masonic Hall in Manhattan
Robert R. Livingston, a Founding Father of the United States who co-drafted the Declaration of Independence, was Grand Master of New York Freemasons from 1784 to 1800.
DeWitt Clinton, a Governor of New York who ran for the American presidency in 1812, was Grand Master of New York Freemasons from 1806 to 1819.
Stephen Van Rensselaer III, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives who played a pivotal role in deciding the 1824 presidency in favor of John Quincy Adams, was a Grand Master of New York Freemasons from 1825 to 1829.
Freemasonry
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Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups: Regular Freemasonry, which insists that a volume of scripture be open in a working lodge, that every member professes belief in a Supreme Being, that no women be admitted, and that the discussion of religion and politics do not take place within the lodge; and Continental Freemasonry, which consists of the jurisdictions that have removed some, or all, of these restrictions.
Lodge in Palazzo Roffia, Florence, set out for French (Moderns) ritual
Print from 1870 portraying George Washington as Master of his Lodge
Freemasons Hall, London, home of the United Grand Lodge of England
Freemasons' Hall, London, c. 1809