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Notable Members

A congressman, a Hall of Famer, a scientist, and an Apollo engineer, among the men who called this lodge home.

Over more than two centuries, the rolls of Solomon's Lodge have carried the names of remarkable men, figures who shaped Tarrytown, the nation, and even the path to the Moon.

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No likeness known to survive
First Worshipful Master
Founder · Physician · Postmaster

W∴ Francis Fowler

The lodge's first Worshipful Master, Bro. Fowler was a physician of the early Republic who served as a surgeon in the Westchester County Militia.

In 1813 he was appointed Postmaster of White Plains, a man of medicine, service, and standing who helped set Solomon's Lodge upon its long course.

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Hon. Nathaniel Holmes Odell
44th U.S. Congress
Banker · Congressman

Hon. Nathaniel Holmes Odell

1828 – 1904

A pillar of nineteenth-century Tarrytown, Bro. Odell founded the First National Bank of Tarrytown and served his district in the 44th United States Congress.

He rests today in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, among the storied dead of the valley Washington Irving made immortal.

Odell & Sleepy Hollow
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W∴ Leslie Verne Case
Pioneer of Science
Educator · Scientist

W∴ Leslie Verne Case

1874 – 1937

Tarrytown's first school superintendent and a scientist of genuine distinction, Bro. Case was the first to identify radium-bearing ore in New York State.

He also brought the new science of radiography to the village, performing the first X-ray in Tarrytown, a man of learning a generation ahead of his time.

04
Eddie Collins Sr.
Hall of Fame · 1939
Baseball Legend

Eddie Collins Sr.

1887 – 1951

One of the greatest to ever play the game, Bro. Collins was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939 and is a member of the exclusive 3,000-hit club.

By many accounts the finest second baseman in the history of the sport, he carried the values of the Craft from the lodge room to the diamond.

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Herman Haefele
Flying Tigers · Apollo 11
Aviator · Engineer

Herman Haefele

1922 – 2015

A decorated bombardier with the legendary Flying Tigers in the Second World War, Bro. Haefele went on to a distinguished career as an engineer at Grumman.

There he contributed to one of humanity's greatest achievements, the Apollo 11 mission that first carried men to the surface of the Moon.

A Legacy of Service

Good Men, Made Better

Every notable Brother began as a man who simply asked. The rolls of tomorrow are still being written.