The Masonic Home of Missouri was founded to provide a suitable and healthy place for widows and orphans of worthy, deceased Missouri Masons to live. It was 1889, and at that time, there were no such programs as Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.

The first Home opened on Delmar Avenue in St. Louis. It contained 20 rooms on a 15-acre property. Della Gale Farthing, age 12, was the very first resident of the Masonic Home of Missouri.

In 1891, all the Lodges in Missouri began to contribute 50 cents per year per member to support the Home, and the Order of the Eastern Star would begin an annual per capita dues payment for each member starting in 1904.

The Home built a second residence in Kansas City in 1985. After societal changes and new challenges, the Masonic Home of Missouri decided to take a new approach in 1991.

The Masonic Home’s Board of Directors recognized there was a more effective way to provide care for more members of the Masonic Family.

Since 1991, The Masonic Home of Missouri has provided programs to assist individuals in their own homes and communities in every corner of the state.

This shift has allowed the Masonic Home to become more than a building: it’s an organization with unlimited potential. In 2019, the Masonic Home impacted the lives of more than 26,000 individuals.

Please consider donating today to help us assist Masonic Families across the state.

If you’re a member of the Masonic family in need: We are where you are.

MoCHIP is a comprehensive child identification program designed to give Missouri families a measure of protection against the ever increasing problem of missing and abducted children. MoCHIP stands for MissOuri CHild Identification and Protection Program. The program uses an Amber Alert compatible computer disc to provide their child’s critical information to the parents. Microchips are NOT used in the program.

The parent is armed with a single pre-printed envelope that instructs authorities in the event of an emergency, something a parent in crisis would undoubtedly have trouble with, and a proactive measure to combat the time sensitivity involved in recovery. Within a matter of minutes the MoCHIP CD can be loaded into a computer directly from a police officers automobile and entered into the Amber Alert system.

Missouri Freemasons bring this program to communities throughout the state. The Missouri Masonic Children’s Foundation, the sole sponsor, is working with local Masonic Lodges to provide consistent and comprehensive MoCHIP events as part of their ongoing commitment to Missouri’s children and families. This program is provided FREE OF CHARGE to every Missouri family who participates.

The Missouri Lodge of Research is a Masonic research organization composed of Freemasons dedicated to the study of Freemasonry, its history, and who by their contributions make it possible to publish, distribute, and discuss the results of their research.

It was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, AF&AM on September 30, 1941 under the direction of MWB Harry S. Truman. The Lodge gathers and disseminates, by discussion and/or publication, information pertaining to the origin and development of Freemasonry and the members who have contributed to its growth and development.