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| The first communication of Matinecock Lodge, U.D. (under dispensation - no number had been assigned yet) took place on July 6, 1892 within rooms above the Van Sise market on South Street. This building no longer stands, having been razed for the construction of a parking lot access road. As early as the second meeting of Matinecock, the Master appointed a committee to obtain more suitable rooms or 'to ascertain what changes could be made in the rooms now occupied'. This may have had something to do with the fact that it was July and that meat and fish were sold downstairs. Matinecock moved to the 'Fleet Building' where it held it's first communication on December 14, 1892. The building housed a livery stable on the ground floor.
The 'Fleet Building' as it appears today. Matinecock Lodge occupied the upper floor.
The Fleet Building lodge room as it appeared at it's dedication in December 1892. The columns and the
illuminated 'G' are still in use in the present lodge room.
Notice the palm plants in the East. The room was furnished with
electric lights.
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