Beyond Newport #104
New England Lodges
Your Newport #104 card gets you into 2,000 Elks lodges nationwide. Here are our neighbors — the other nine Rhode Island lodges plus a handful of New England favorites worth the drive.
A Little Tradition
Collect the Lodge Pins
One of the best parts of being an Elk is visiting other lodges — and every lodge has its own pin. About 99% of the time you can come home with one.
Ask at the bar. The bartender or lodge secretary will know. Many lodges sell pins for a nominal fee — usually $5 to $10 — while others hand them to visiting travelers as a courtesy. Either way, it’s good form to offer to buy.
Over time you end up with a small map of the country pinned to your jacket or hat.
Find a Lodge Near You
All 127 New England Elks lodges on one map — click any pin for the address and a link to the national directory. RI lodges are the larger blue pins; Newport #104 is red.
Rhode Island Lodges
The nine other RI lodges, ordered roughly by size and activity. Each has its own personality, its own crowd, and its own reasons to stop in.
Tri-City Lodge No. 14
Best for: a party. One of the oldest Elks lodges in the country, with the social calendar to match. The outdoor Tiki Bar fires up for Tuesday Jeep Nights and Thursday Classic Car Nights, the lounge hosts live bands and country line dancing, and the annual Luau is a Warwick rite of summer.
Bristol County Lodge No. 1860
Best for: the water view. The function hall opens right onto Bristol Harbor, the upstairs bar catches the sunset, and the restaurant (open weekends) turns out fresh seafood. They even have a transit dock with space for a couple of visiting boats, so you can tie up and walk in.
South Kingstown Lodge No. 1899
Best for: lunch. Lunch is served every single day, and Captain Rod Sykes’ famous chowder and clamcakes have their own fan club. Dining room seats 250 when the lodge gets going, but the everyday vibe is pure small-town South County.
East Providence Lodge No. 2337
Best for: a community room with a packed calendar. Game nights, bingo, lodge dinners, and a big fall raffle keep things lively. The hall comfortably seats 200 and is one of the most rented event spaces on the East Bay for weddings, memorials, birthdays, and the rest of it.
Smithfield Lodge No. 2359
Best for: visiting Elks on the road. Smithfield is the only RI lodge with its own RV hookups, so you can roll right in and stay the night. Throw in the outdoor pavilion, a 300-seat Grand Hall, and a friendly bar inside, and it’s a real one-of-a-kind.
Coventry-West Greenwich Lodge No. 2285
Best for: dinner off I-95. Newly renovated lounge, Sunday tailgates, Friday karaoke with DJ Ron, and the lodge’s own kitchen “A Little Sauce of Happiness” turning out dinner Thursday and Friday nights plus a Sunday-morning sauce run.
Woonsocket Lodge No. 850
Best for: a Friday night. Karaoke every Friday, live bands on Saturdays 8 to midnight, Wednesday Spaghetti Night, and the famous “850 Fish Fry” on Fridays. The game room has a pool table, two dart boards, and a couple of card tables waiting for you.
Westerly Lodge No. 678
Best for: a beach-day wind-down. Right in the heart of Westerly on Dixon Street, the perfect stop after a day at Watch Hill or Misquamicut. Lounge seats a hundred, pool table stays busy, beach-town friendliness comes free.
West Warwick Lodge No. 1697
Best for: watching the game. Flat-screens in every direction, Keno and Instant tickets at the bar, lite fare from a kitchen the regulars swear by. Easy walk-in any night of the week.
All Rhode Island Lodges on Elks.org
Welcome to Elkdom
These lodges were picked for their building, their history, or just a really good bar on the water. Every one of the 127 New England lodges is worth a stop; these are the ones we can introduce you to. Click any photo to enlarge.
Boston, MA #10
Boston, MA (West Roxbury)
The Mother Lodge of New England — instituted in 1879 and the oldest Elks lodge in the region. The lodge moved into its current single-floor home in West Roxbury in 1997, directly across from the West Roxbury V.A. Hospital. Three function halls under one roof hold up to 275 guests combined — weddings, parties, and lodge functions all run out of the same building. Open every day, with members and guests welcome.
Portsmouth, NH #97
Portsmouth, NH (Piscataqua River)
Home to “Waterfront at the Elks” — the lodge’s own restaurant right on the Piscataqua River, with an outdoor arbor stretching toward the water. The Grill Room is open to the public and the members’ lounge looks out at the river. The setting doubles as one of the prettiest wedding venues on the Seacoast, with the riverfront grounds carrying ceremonies from morning brunch through evening dinner.
Westbrook, CT #1784
Westbrook, CT (Quonsett Beach)
5.3 acres directly on Long Island Sound at Quonsett Beach — the most-visited Elks lodge in Connecticut. Three rentable spaces all overlook the water: the original 1949 lodge, the Carriage House (up to 140), and a new Pavilion that holds 250. The calendar runs hot — Wednesday-night Bingo, a beach bar on Saturdays, and live music outdoors on Sundays, with banquet space scaling up to 325 at full capacity.
Hartford, CT #19
Hartford, CT (the Mother Lodge)
The first building ever constructed specifically as an Elks Lodge — built in 1903, on the National Register since 1984. Architect John J. Dwyer designed it in Renaissance Revival style: a 2½-story yellow brick building with tall arched windows, brownstone and limestone trim, and egg-and-dart moldings. Inside, paneled assembly rooms finished in oak and mahogany, separated by arched and columned openings — one of the finest unaltered period interiors in the city.
Willimantic, CT #1311
Windham, CT
National Register — a 1925 Tudor Revival lodge in half-timber and stucco over a fieldstone ground floor, with brick quoining at the corners. One of the finest examples of the style in New England. Chartered in 1914, expanded in 1957. Inside: the Anti Room lined with photos of Past Exalted Rulers, a 280-seat Ball Room, and the Victorian Room — 140 seats with a wraparound patio. From 1914 to 1952, the grounds out back hosted the famous Elks Labor Day Fair.
Brattleboro, VT #1499
Brattleboro, VT (Estey Mansion)
Housed in the historic Estey Mansion, the lodge celebrated its 100th anniversary in September 2025. Henry Ford himself once stood beside an Estey Organ inside the lodge — a nod to Brattleboro’s reign as the world capital of reed-organ manufacturing in the late 1800s. The Organ Room is the showstopper: carved woodwork, period furniture, and the kind of light that makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a turn-of-the-century parlor.
Gloucester, MA #892
Gloucester, MA (Bass Rocks)
“The Elks at Bass Rocks” — an oceanfront lodge on Gloucester’s Back Shore, with panoramic Atlantic views and indoor or outdoor ceremony options for up to 200 guests. The members’ lounge has a stunning horseshoe bar and ocean views from every window. Pool, darts, shuffleboard, and trivia keep things moving inside; outside, the Atlantic does the rest. One of the prettiest spots in the entire Order to sit and watch the sun come up.
Winthrop, MA #1078
Winthrop, MA (Boston Harbor)
“Greetings from the Aruba of the North,” per the Exalted Ruler. The lodge runs a 100-slip marina on Boston Harbor (the William “Salty” Frazier Marina), 4-lane candlepin bowling, and two function halls overlooking the water. Outside, a picnic area on the water with its own bar, BBQ grills, and horseshoe pits; inside, Keno and pull-tabs keep the lounge buzzing. One of the most amenity-packed lodges on the East Coast.
Presque Isle, ME #1954
Presque Isle, ME (Northern Lanes)
Northern Lanes — a 12-lane candlepin bowling alley upstairs in the lodge, still scored old-school with paper and pencil. League and open bowling, birthday parties welcome. Downstairs, a recently-expanded lounge (they took down the wall to the old Lodge Room and tripled it), a game room with pool and darts, and a function room that hosts Friday-night Bingo plus the kids’ Halloween and Christmas parties.
North Attleboro, MA #1011
North Attleboro, MA (Falls Pond)
The Lake Side Pavilion — an open-sided permanent building on a grassy field rolling down to Falls Pond, with panoramic lake views. A big BBQ pit with a vent hood, a full bar, plenty of outlets for sound equipment, horseshoes, and shade trees. Holds up to 250 for weddings, showers, birthdays, and any kind of function — restrooms and full handicapped access throughout.