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The New Masonic Temple - Boston

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Profile of the eastern façade, showing the curvature of the stylobate

Photograph shows stylobate or foundation for the columns on the eastern facade of the Acropolis in Athens.

Fitting the masonry on government island

Print showsearly stage of construction of Minot's Ledge Lighthouse. Illus. in: New England Magazine, v. 15, no. 2 (1896 October), p. 136. From article: "The building of Minot's ledge lighthouse."

[West Blue Lodge Room, Masonic temple, Detroit]

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The Washington Monument, the world's highest work of masonry (555 ft.)...

Stereograph shows view of the Washington Monument from the clock tower of the post office with a man in shadows in the foreground. H87543 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick, Office: Ph... More

Proposed Masonic Temple - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Masonic Hall on F St. at 9th St., N.W. (now 901 F St.), Washington, D...

Crowd looking at large pieces of debris on street, after a cyclone. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 563.

SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE DEDICATION. GEORGE F. MOORE, CENTER FRONT; SAM CO...

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Scottish Rite Temple - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Masonic Hall Building, Millersville, Cape Girardeau County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1326 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. Constr...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Trowels and Floats. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Ramasco, Antone Tools belonging to the late Antone Ramasco Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The P... More

To all royal arch masons throughout the globe, greeting!

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Eno, H.C.

The Masonic Temple, Chicago's Great Sky Scraper (265 ft.), Randolph an...

H124233 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted 1909 by E.W. Kelley. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Freemason temples; Ill. C. B... More

Master mason - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mayer (Ferd.) & Co.

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... More

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... More

Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek on Z...

Significance: Built of native sandstone and ashlar masonry, and designed to complement its natural surroundings, this bridge is a superb example of "National Park Service-Rustic" stone bridge engineering. It i... More

Lake Street Bridge, Spanning Ruddiman Creek at Lake Shore Drive, Muske...

Significance: The Lake Street stone arch vehicular bridge in Muskegon, Michigan, is significant because it is representative of a brief period in the evolution in design of American bridges. Relatively few sto... More

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Griffith Block (Commercial Building), 36-38 West Washington Street, In...

Significance: Built in 1872 by the heirs of Humphrey Griffith, a leading pioneer businessman, the Griffith Block has housed a variety of retail establishments during its long history. In the late 1800s and ear... More

Masonic Temple No. 42 F. & A. M., 416 1/2 North Main Street, Los Angel...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-32 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction

Masonic record - Print, Library of Congress collection

C10647 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mayer (Ferd.) & Sons.

Masonic Temple, Boston - Print, Library of Congress collection

205 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Annin, Smith & Co.

Masonic Order of Reformed Rite of Memphis to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesda...

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Masonic Hall & Grand Theater, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, New...

Significance: It is one of the finest remaining examples of cast iron architecture in America. It is associated with several major events in Delaware's history, but more importantly, it is famous for its rich t... More

Masonic Temple, Idaho Lodge Number 1, Wall Street, Idaho City, Boise C...

Significance: The Masonic Temple is the oldest standing Masonic Temple in Idaho, and is the only building still standing in the United States in which a Grand Lodge was formed. The building is an example of si... More

Masonic Temple, Idaho Lodge Number 1, Wall Street, Idaho City, Boise C...

Significance: The Masonic Temple is the oldest standing Masonic Temple in Idaho, and is the only building still standing in the United States in which a Grand Lodge was formed. The building is an example of si... More

Masonic Temple, Idaho Lodge Number 1, Wall Street, Idaho City, Boise C...

Significance: The Masonic Temple is the oldest standing Masonic Temple in Idaho, and is the only building still standing in the United States in which a Grand Lodge was formed. The building is an example of si... More

Jonathan Emanuel House, 251 Government Street, Mobile, Mobile County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AL-3

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Conrad Kohrs House, 804 Dearborn Avenue, Helena, Lewis and Clark Count...

Significance: This house was purchased by Conrad Kohrs in 1900 after he and his wife moved to Helena from their ranch at Deer Lodge. This was Kohrs' home until his death there in 1920. Kohrs had come to Monta... More

Denver & Rio Grande Rockwork, East of South Platte, Waterton, Jefferso...

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Denver & Rio Grande Rockwork, East of South Platte, Waterton, Jefferso...

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Anti-Masonic apron - Print, Library of Congress collection

An attack on the Antimasonic party, produced shortly after their September national convention in Baltimore. The "apron" symbolically contrasts the Masons with the Antimasons. On the right is a "Rock of Ages" o... More

Paulina Lake IOOF Organization Camp, Deschutes National Forest, La Pin...

Significance: The Paulina Lake Organizational camp is composed of 11 log cabins and a lodge constructed during the Great Depression of the 1930's by members of the Bend Chapter of the International Order of the... More

Emblematic chart and Masonic history of F[ree] and A[ccepted] M[asons]...

Depicts numerous emblems of masonry including all seeing eye, ark, beehive, lamb, globes on top of columns, square and compass, trowel, and anchor. 5697U(?) U.S. Copyright Office.

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Masonic Temple, State Routes 14 & 39, Clinton, Greene County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-229 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Masonic Temple, State Routes 14 & 39, Clinton, Greene County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-229 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Mazeppa Ancient Order of United Workers Building, First Street (East s...

Significance: Mazeppa Lodge Number 183 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, founded in 1878, was one of a number of fraternal and benevolent organizations established in the community during a period of grow... More

Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

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Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

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Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's...

George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in masonic attire, holding scroll, and trowel; also head-and-shoulders portraits of Lafayette and Andrew Jackson, and biblical scenes.

Ceremony of "Turning the Sod" of the New Masonic Temple, Thanksgiving ...

J245245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; December 15, 1920. Similar to PAN SUBJECT - Events, no. 11, street sign in foreground has been eliminated from negative.

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Hall & Store, Shasta, Shasta County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1303 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Masonic Temple, Hennepin Avenue, Minne...

Survey number: HABS MN-110-AB Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robinson-Schofield House, 221 West Second Street, Madison, Jefferson C...

Significance: The Robinson-Schofield house, built around 1821, is one of the few extant early brick houses in Madison. It is a fine interpretation and distinctive version of the Federal style in the city, and ... More

Robinson-Schofield House, 221 West Second Street, Madison, Jefferson C...

Significance: The Robinson-Schofield house, built around 1821, is one of the few extant early brick houses in Madison. It is a fine interpretation and distinctive version of the Federal style in the city, and ... More

Masonic Temple, Lansing & Ukiah Streets, Mendocino, Mendocino County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1801 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Temple, Lansing & Ukiah Streets, Mendocino, Mendocino County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1801 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Temple, Lansing & Ukiah Streets, Mendocino, Mendocino County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1801 Public domain photograph of 19th-century masonic temple, masonic lodge, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mason's Hall, 1805 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Independent City, V...

Significance: The cornerstone for the Mason's Hall was laid in 1785 and the cubic building was completed by 1787. The geometric form of the building is broken slightly by the pedimented central pavilion and co... More

Old Masonic Temple, South Willow & West Lafaytette Streets, Trenton, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53 Survey number: HABS NJ-141 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction

Old Masonic Temple, South Willow & West Lafaytette Streets, Trenton, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53 Survey number: HABS NJ-141 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction

Scottish Rite Temple, Prince Hall Affiliation, 1633 Eleventh Street No...

Significance: Good example of Classical Revival influence. Interesting decorative motifs, including large sunburst pattern on main facade. Associated with the Scottish Rite Lodge, a black fraternal organizati... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Masonic Temple, 110 West J Street, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is the first hall built by the Masons in California. The building may have been remodeled early in its history but has remained largely unchanged since the 1890s. Survey numbe... More

Anaconda Historic District, Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall, 321-323 ...

Significance: This building was the headquarters for the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an Irish fraternal organization first established in Anaconda in 1885. The A.O.H. auxiliary was offici... More

Anaconda Historic District, Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall, 321-323 ...

Significance: This building was the headquarters for the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an Irish fraternal organization first established in Anaconda in 1885. The A.O.H. auxiliary was offici... More

East Alabama Masonic Female Institute, 205 East South Street, Talladeg...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

East Alabama Masonic Female Institute, 205 East South Street, Talladeg...

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Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

Bufford's Masonic scroll card sheet no. 424

6059 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.

The grand opening march over the Brooklyn Bridge / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a large procession crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, at the front, dressed as policeman with nightsticks, are several newspaper editors, among them are James Gordon Bennett, Oswald Ottendorfer, W... More

Masonic Temple, Saginaw, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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F Street about 1900 looking west

Photo shows the Washington Loan and Trust Co. (1891) at left, at corner of 9th Street. This south side of F Street N.W. at left includes 922 and 930 (with flag on top). At right is the Masonic temple.

Elk's minstrel performance given by Chicago Lodge No. 4, B.P.O.E.

"Garrick Theatre, Sunday evening, April 3rd 1910." Created by Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., Chicago. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

MASON'S INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF 33RD DEGREE. GUIDO BONFIGLIO, EGYPT

An old photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parade float, showing children, Washington, D.C., July 4, 1918?

Shows old Masonic Lodge on Pierce Street (now 14th Street). Neighborhood identified as Old Anacostia in Washington at Home by Kathryn Schneider Smith (1988), p. 105. Title and other information transcribed from... More

Masonic Temple, Takoma - Color separation negative, public domain

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[President and Mrs. Coolidge at the laying of the cornerstone of the G...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 20, no. 27094.

Duncan Stuart & Mrs. E.K. Clinton break ground for Takoma Park Masonic...

A group of people standing around a man with a shovel. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Cemetery, Charles at George Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia

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