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Sutton Masonic Hall was built in 1897 by a group of local Freemasons. During the Second World War the Hall was requisitioned by the military for 2 years and was used as a 'rest centre' and 'temporary shelter' by families displaced from their homes. It was returned to the owners in 1947.
Mural on the ceiling of the Masonic Hall, West King Street on Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (See info in photo below)
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Glass and acrylic mural by Emile Norman ca. 1970
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Built in 1916 and serving as a concert hall for most of its like, it is currently called The Concert Hall and I don't know why all the people were lined up on this day.
This impressive building in Brisbane Street, Launceston was completed in 1884, and has been the centre for Lodge activities ever since. It is currently used by five local Masonic Lodges.
Our town's Masonic Temple with light trails early one morning. The door in the centre leads to the actual temple upstairs. There are shops below, and I believe there always have been, even in the early days. There is a pet store and a bowling alley on the left and right sides, respectively. Trees on our main street are lit all year.
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The Masonic Lodge building in Levuka, Fiji, dates from 1913. In July 2000 it was burned by a frenzied mob which had been told by superstitious preachers that it was a center of devil worship.
After 10 days of following the Mississippi River, I returned to a Bay Area shrouded in smoke. It's difficult to know what is more heart-wrenching, the rapid, devastating impact of a critical event or the long, interminable destruction caused by decay and disinvestment. Maybe they're both worth our attention in their own way. I don't know how to help in either case, other than to document, analyze, or understand what's there. Sometimes, it's all beyond understanding, and the best we can hope for is living as best we can, good and responsible citizens, helping fellow humankind in their time of need. Pictured is a Masonic Hall in Mississippi, long left for fallow, but once a social center for thousands of families. These are teaching times.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Masonic Temple Building located at 76-86 Dalhousie Street, is situated on the north side of the street between Market and Queen Streets, in the City of Brantford. This three-storey red-brick and stone building was designed in the Edwardian Commercial and Masonic style. It was constructed between 1909 and 1910.
The property was designated for its historic and architectural significance by the City of Brantford under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 127-91).
Heritage Value
The Masonic Temple Building dominates the streetscape along Dalhousie Street. Its red-brick construction is complementary to the light colour of the nearby Federal Building.
The Masonic Temple Building was constructed on the former site of the Van Brocklin foundry, which had later became the Waterous Engine Works Company. The site was redeveloped in 1909, and the Masons began to use the building in 1911 and continued until 1945.
The upper storeys of the Masonic Temple Building demonstrate design features typical of the Masonic teachings of geometry. A series of arcades are located along the second floor of the building. The red-brick ten-bay facade is decorated with segmental arches and includes red-brick and cut-stone accents. The third bay on the left forms a focal point for the facade. It has double-hung windows, and two pilasters topped with a ball element which frames the main arch.
The third floor features brick voussoirs over the flat window heads. Under the window sills are brick sub-sills in relief showing a scallop pattern. At the attic level a cut-stone Masonic emblem and the words 'Temple Building' appear in relief.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Masonic Temple Building include its:
- ten-bay red-brick building with cut-stone trim
- arcade treatment of windows with brick and stone segmental arches on the second floor
- windows with brick voussoir heads and limestone sills on the third floor
- brick sub-sills in relief with a decorative scallop pattern
- cement render-course located above the third floor windows
- double-hung wood windows on the second floor which have ten small panes grouped together in the upper portion
- six round attic windows framed by stone
- cut-stone Masonic emblem and the words 'Temple Building' carved at the attic level
- dominant location in the Dalhousie streetscape
- proximity to the nearby Federal Building
Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦ Pinterest ♦ Instagram ♦ 500px ♦ Website Construction began November 2, 1916, when the contract was signed and approved by the Board of The Masonic Temple Company for the tearing down of an existing church and excavation. The Masonic ceremony of laying the cornerstone occurring November 17, 1917, with the first Lodge meeting taking place on New Year's Day, 1918.[2] At its peak, the Masonic Temple was home to 38 different Masonic bodies: 27 Craft Lodges, six Chapters (York Rite), two Preceptories (Knights Templar), two Scottish Rite Bodies and Adoniram Council.
This old Masonic Temple is a gutted out shell of its former glory, though it still has a stark beauty, If you look at the chimney you can see the Masonic Symbol
Off of the Old Hwy 80 San Diego County California
Masonic temple in the south side of Chicago. This Englewood temple had been abandoned almost 30 years. There has been recent retail development around 63rd and Halsted. Englewood was once a thriving area with a Sears and many stores, theaters and restaurants. Around the late 60's many stores closed and the area quickly went into decline. Now a Whole Food grocery store and other businesses have been built on what was vacant land