Reagan Masonic Lodge No. 1037 A.F & A.M.

Reagan Lodge, the first Masonic Lodge is it in Houston suburbs, mark the beginning of the second wave of Houston May sonic Lodge is anna company the major search and 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 31st, 1910. The lodge with name for Mason John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905), who served as a judge, considerate Postmaster General, u.s. Congressman and Senator, framer of the 1876 Texas Constitution, and first chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. Within its first 12 years, the lodge facilitated the formation of chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, Order of DeMolay for boys an order of rainbow for girls. Three areas 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 11th 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 building at the northeast corner of Heights Blvd. and 16th Ave. in 1948. The building was designed by architect and Houston Heights resident L.R. Hayes, who was also Master of Reagan Masonic Lodge 1937-1938. Regular Masonic Lodge has a long history of charitable work and philanthropist endeavors and continues to be a civic leader in the Houston Heights Community.