The history of Beverly-Riverside Lodge No. 107 follows two distinct trails which both start and finish together.  Beverly Lodge No. 107 came into existence in the late 1880's when several Members of Burlington Lodge No. 32 petitioned the Grand Master to Warrant a new Lodge in Beverly.  Beverly's first Master and his officers proved themselves proficient in the work and in 1870 Grand Lodge granted a Warrant and the number 107 for the new Lodge.  It is custom, whenever a new Lodge comes into existence that it receives the next number in line.  Since there were 106 Lodges at the time of Beverly's warranting, it received the number 107.

The late 1800's were also a time for expansion of the rank of Masonry.  Membership was growing rapidly and continued to do so until the first world war.  In the early 1900's a similar circumstance happened in Beverly Lodge when a group of members who resided in Riverside decided that they wanted to create a Lodge based in their town.  They petitioned the Grand Lodge for a warrant and it was granted in 1908.  The new Lodge was named Riverside Lodge and received the number 187.

Both of these Lodges existed on their own for nearly a century.  Beverly Lodge survived two fires, one that destroyed the original Lodge building.  In the early 1900's, Beverly Lodge had a new three story Lodge hall built on Cooper Street in Beverly. At the time this was a state of the art building.  In fact, it was one the first buildings in New Jersey to incorporate both brick and steel in its construction.  Riverside Lodge met in the second floor of a building in downtown Riverside.  In the early 1960's several members pulled their resources and financed a new building built on Chester Avenue.  This building also used the latest in construction technology.

In the late 1990's both Lodges fell on hard times.  Beverly Lodge was in financial trouble and Riverside Lodge was struggling with membership and officer problems.  Then Worshipful Masters Bill Moliens and Owen Brennan met to discuss a possible consolidation of the two Lodges.  In 2000, both Lodges voted and approved the consolidation of our two Lodges to become Beverly-Riverside No. 107.  It is also the custom of the consolidated/merged Lodge to take the oldest 9lesser) of the numbers of the involved Lodges.  In 2001, Most Worshipful Wayne E. Hackney, Grand Master of Mason for the State of New Jersey presented our Lodge with its Warrant at the Grand Lodge Communication in Atlantic City.  Worshipful Brother Allen Naese was the first Worshipful Master of Beverly-Riverside No. 107.

A consolidation/merger of Lodges can be a very trying thing for those involved.  Members can get easily hurt and offended by the events that take place.  Our new Lodge was not without it's tough times.  Today, though we stand as a proud Lodge of Master Masons united in our own small society.