Welcome to Rockville Elks Lodge 1359
9 North Park Street, Rockville, CT 06066
Lodge Phone - 860-875-8057
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 FOR 2020-2021
| Exalted Ruler: | Liz Thomas |
| Esteemed Leading Knight: | Pete Heacox |
| Esteemed Loyal Knight: | David Bragg |
| Esteemed Lecturing Knight: | Christine Shannon |
| Secretary: | Claire Decker PER |
| Treasurer: | Joan Adams |
| Esquire: | Dan Skiba PER |
| Chaplain: | James Benoit Sr. |
| Inner Guard: | Helen Totz |
| Tiler: | Vacant |
| Organist: | Vacant |
| 5 year Trustee: | Jim McCarthy |
| 4 year Trustee: | John Ridzon |
| 3 year Trustee: | Brian Fleming |
| 2 year Trustee: | Dennis Cartier |
| 1 year Trustee: | Dave Wheeler |
| House Committee Co-Chairmen: | Randy Ramsdell and Jeff Bifolk |
| Hall Rental Coordinator: | Lauren Hoffman |
| Lodge Email Contact: | Office Staff |
Rockville Lodge No. 1359 Past Exalted Rulers
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Pictured are Josh Lopez, Jessica Flores and Jack Mauer.
Rockville Lodge of Elks donated funds along with individual patrons to help make Christmas a little better for a family that is in need. Jack Mauer and Josh Lopez members of the Rockville Elks delivered toys, gift cards and clothing to Jessica Flores who is affiliated with Children Medical Center in Hartford CT to be distributed to the needy family.
The Rockville Elks #1359 recently sponsored the soccer shoot at the Vernon Center Middle School. Randy Ramsdell coordinated the shoot and there were over 40 children that tried out for the trophies. Thank you to Randy for getting everything together, Mike Martin, Helen Totz. Lodge Inner Guard, Claire Decker Past Exalted Ruler and Secretary of Elks and Lauren Hoffman who helped with the contest. The winners from Rockville that participated in the state tournament are picture: Front row: Jeremy Gibson, Alex Angeli. Back row: Zachary Walden, Dylan Rivera, Chelsea Chatterton and Ave Kristoff.
The Rockville Lodge of Elks presented a check to the American Legion Auxiliary to be used to help defray the cost of female seniors to attend Girls State which is a program that helps girls understand the workings of the government.
Pictured is Sherrie Samborski, President American Legion Auxiliary, Claire Decker Secretary American Legion Auxiliary and Elks Past Exalted Ruler, Ginney Basch, Doris Johnson, Cynthia Caldwell and Doreen Ward seated is Judith Delaney all members of the American Legion Auxiliary
Rockville Elks held a soccer shoot on Saturday September 25, 2016. The contest was opened to anyone that wanted to try out. The lodge had over 60 participants, the prizes were for 4 different age groups, boys and girls. Trophies were handed out to the winners. Below are 4 of the winners
Left to right Tyler Matula 3rd place 8 - 9 years old Ashley Matula 3rd place under 7 years old Wesley Schneider 1st place 8 - 9 years old and Sam Hollworth 2 place 12 - 13 years old also Randy Ramsdell Elks Soccer Chairperson
August 30, 2016, Skinner Road school in Vernon CT had a meet and great for the children either returning or just entering the school. Below are pictures of the backpacks that Rockville Elks donated to the school through the Elks National Foundation Beacon grant along with a couple of the children who received a free backpack along with all the supplies. 
Leila and Dakota Chase show off their new backpacks.
Backpacks are stacked in the classroom ready to be donated to the children.
1359 was able to present a gratitude grant for $250 to the Ellington boy scouts troop #96 Brian Chamberlin (a Rockville Elk) & Anthony Chamberlin were present.
HISTORY OF OUR LODGE HOME:
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."