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Mural on the ceiling of the Masonic Hall, West King Street on Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (See info in photo below)
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Masonic Temple is a term commonly used in Freemasonry with multiple but related meanings. It is used to describe an abstract spiritual goal, the conceptual ritualistic space formed when a Masonic Lodge meets, and the physical rooms and structures in which a Lodge meets. When used to describe a structure the term is interchangeable with the term Masonic Hall.
Glass and acrylic mural by Emile Norman ca. 1970
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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.
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
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Masonic Lodge 103 under a brooding March sky.
26 Sunderland Street, Clyde, New Zealand.
"Opposite the Hartley Arms is an impressive building of local stone built 1868-69. Very elegant with its Doric pillars supporting the pediment and windows of unusual design, it stands as a tribute to design and orkmanship.
Designed by Messrs Mason and Clayton of Dunedin as a Masonic Lodge and Temple, it was built by J. Over under the watchful eye of Vincent Pyke, the Provincial Grand Master, at a cost of £800 ($1,600). But when the Masons ran out of money the townspeople came to their aid on the condition the building would be regarded as a Town Hall. A cavity below the foundation stone holds a bottle sealed with the grand Master’s ring and contains scrolls, as well as early copies of the Otago Daily Times, Dunstan Times and some coins. The handsome silver trowel, made by a local silversmith (Barlow) and used to lay the mortar can be seen in the local museum. A grand
ball held in the hall marked the occasion.
The Athenaeum (Library) was added in 1874, and was used as the council chamber until 1878. The Masons took it over in 1954."
I don't know how many times I have driven north on the old Pacific Highway and looked longingly down the little side streets of the small Clarence River port of Ulmarra and failed to turn in for a look. Before the new "freeway" was opened not all that long back, the excuse was usually that we were in a pack of reasonably paced traffic and it was just better to keep going. This time around, with the traffic diverted and no such pressures I had managed to plan the route to allow us to drop into this historic riverside village.
What I wasn't bargaining for is that its attractions were well known and a great mob of people and their cars had planted themselves in the middle. Being rather sore and tired, we had a quick look and snapped this elegant and unusual old edifice which had been the Masonic Hall which dates from 1906. It later became known as the Picture Theatre and movies were shown weekly. It also more or less seems to have become the community hall hosting concerts, balls and dances. These days it's privately owned and well kept. I don't know if it still gets used for gatherings or is a large house. Well, just another place to revisit at a slower pace.