Welcome to Rockville Elks Lodge #1359

9 North Park Street
Rockville, CT 06066
Lodge Phone - 860-875-8057
Email: 1359Rockville@CTElks.org

MEETING SCHEDULE:

Lodge- Second & Fourth Thursdays at 7:00PM with the exception of July and August

               Lodge meets on 2nd Tuesday in November & December.

LODGE HOURS OF OPERATION:

 

Monday-Friday	3PM-11PM
Saturday	Noon-11PM
Sunday	Noon-10PM

 

OFFICERS 2011 - 2012

Exalted Ruler:	Peter Heacox
Esteemed Leading Knight:	James Benoit, Sr. PER
Esteemed Loyal Knight:	Bruce Hewitt
Esteemed Lecturing Knight:	David McCarthy
Secretary:	Claire Decker PER
Treasurer:	Elizabeth ( Liz) Thomas
Esquire:
Chaplain:	Alan Kabrick
Inner Guard:
Tiler:
Organist:
5 year Trustee:	Elida Tirey
4 year Trustee:	Randy Ramsdell
3 year Trustee:	James McCarthy PER
2 year Trustee:	Cheryl Benoit
1 year Trustee:	Dan Skiba PSP PDD
House Committee Chairman:	Mark Fontaine
Hall Rental Coordinator:	Jim Benoit Sr. PER
Lodge Email Contact:	Office Staff

                                                     

Rockville Lodge Past Exalted Rulers

 

DIRECTIONS TO OUR LODGE:

From Hartford via I-84 Stay straight to go onto I-84 E. Take the CT-31 exit, exit number 67.  Turn left onto Mile Hill Rd/CT-31. Mile Hill Rd becomes Grove St at traffic light intersection with CT-30. Continue straight to next traffic light at East Main St and take left to next traffic light in center of Rockville.  Turn RIGHT onto Park St. and proceed up the hill taking a slight LEFT at the top and an IMMEDIATE RIGHT onto North Park Street. The Lodge is located just up ahead on the LEFT. From Boston via I-84 Take Exit 67 on I-84 and follow directions as if coming from Hartford. From Springfield/Somers/Ellington Take CT-83/Somers Rd to intersection of Union St/CT-74 just over the Vernon town line. Turn LEFT onto Union St CT-74 and follow that to the center of Rockville (small park on left).  Turn LEFT onto Park St. and proceed up the hill taking a slight LEFT at the top and an IMMEDIATE RIGHT onto North Park Street. The Lodge is located just up ahead on the LEFT.

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EVENTS:

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NEWS:

Help A Connecticut Hero

Corporal Greg Caron, a Vernon Marine, was injured recently in Iraq in the line of duty after stepping on an lED. He lost both of his legs below the knee, a finger, and broke his collarbone. On the reverse side of this leaflet is a copy of an article from the Journal Inquirer detailing his combat experience and the long recovery he faces. The Rockville Lodge of Elks #1359 is raising funds to help CPL Caron during this difficult time.   If you would like to donate, please mail checks to: Chet Morgan, Chairman CPL Greg Caron Fundraiser Rockville Lodge of Elks #1359 9 North Park Street Rockville CT 06066   Checks to be made payable to: Rockville Elks Americanism Account Note: The Greg Caron Foundation is not a non-profit organization thus donations are not tax deductible.

The Rockville Lodge of Elks presented a check for $500 to the American Legion Post 62 Ellington for the Boys State program. The money was a grant from the Elks National Foundation due to the membership reaching the goal that the Grand Lodge sets. Pictured from left to right are Peter Heacox Exalted Ruler of the Rockville Lodge, Claire R. Decker Past Exalted Ruler and Elks National Foundation Chairperson of the Rockville Elks and Alan Lewandosky Commander American Legion Unit 62 Ellington

Many Rockville Lodge and visiting members come and go from the Lodge without realizing the history of the building.

It was built as the home of Francis T. Maxwell and his family. Mr. Maxwell commissioned the renowned architect Charles Adams Platt to design the home and its grounds around 1900. Platt exerted a major influence on the development of historically based design styles during the American country house era of the first quarter of the 20th century

Its basic disposition of residence, outbuildings, and gardens recalled the Villa Gamberaia near Florence. From the Pillars at the road, the drive ran straight past the service area and into a walled arrival court by the front door. An axis from this shaded court at the north door ran through the width of the house to the south facade's expansive, sunny terrace, which afforded views across lawns to the valley below. This offered in short distance dramatic changes in experiences: exterior, interior, and exterior. Placed on a longer cross axis, the principle living rooms were aligned with a major garden walk, thus again integrating interior and exterior spaces. With only minor changes in details, an unidentified plan of "Maxwell Court" became the archetypal formal house and garden for the thousands of students who saw it in the principle 20th-century textbook for landscape architecture courses in the United States, Henry Vincent Hubbard and Theodora Kimball's "An Introduction of the Study of Landscape Design."

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