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Show TEMPLE BUILDINGS I ARE PLANNED BY j 'masons Pretentious Structures to Be E Erected in Many Cities I During 1921 WASHINGTON, Jan. Th fiew yr ( promiiM-i to witrwn a continuation of the I L rntrkall fievelnprrent of In threat In j , th construction of iniprfmivc nrw build- i dedicated to fraternal utu-fl. and in . thin movement lh Mafionlr fraternity I ,', taking a lading purl. Among the tem-' tem-' plea in t rretsd or well glarled on the y to completion hv Im- orgaiilSHtlnnfi : of Masons during lid ar sever.) which t will ta rank mnHijf the world ft out -, stnndiny. architectural achieve. -"nt-. one ' now in I he rournf of ronxlt uc! Oi V trolt will com $4,000,000, another at rr- j ver will represent the ex'iendiiure of a '" great mum of monev. and one to cot " 84.9o8,040 1 being discussed at Columbus. rtHPTkT-T6pkX. : " j j Ttie Hcnttlsh !tlte council of admlTilatrH-j admlTilatrH-j lion. Tnneka. Kn., ban Instituted a aal ,. of bonds fur the purr" of securing money llh whit h to ir't a 1,(W,fMKI ,, Masonic tempi tit that ritv. ' Itmids to ,, His wlue "f ijMi.enn -.in ua ilmpayd of at once. Thla action by the council of ., admlnistrMlon has centered attention .'. upon th proponed new tempi which will be one of the architectural delights of the Kan.tan capital. ' The Central Masonic HttU association ' of Kat Liberty, Ha., haa purchased huld-' huld-' Inga at Colling avenue and Mat Ion si reel, that rlty at a coat of 40.0M nd on the lots acquired will erect a new tempi In (' th near future, plana for th structure - have not et been completed. Th aite ,-. Is UK) 1 29 feet. A drive by mem here of the Masonic , fcxlgcs snd trdr of the Kaalern Hta 6f the l-tst(1e, Philadelphia, to secure a minimum of $400. 0oo to b used aa a Maaonfc tempi building fund, waa ao - Bueceasful that th worker wont over the top to the extent of 77,tt0. Definite building plans will now be made, and temple In keeping with the prominence and Important' of the orders Interested will result In good time. DENVER' NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION. Tha architect's drawings of th new Hcoltlsh Kite cathedral tn be erected at Kaat Sixteenth avenue gnd Grant atreet. Ienver, by tha Itockv Mountain consistory consis-tory No. 2. show a building with a frontage front-age of Hi feet on Kuat bixteenth avenue and a depth of 170 feL The chief material ma-terial am ployed In th struct ur will be , cone ret a and steel, and Colorado granite ., or marbl haa been suggested for the . exterior. In cmjer that th cathedral room, which la to I tha chief feature of . th building, may h constructed without any pillar or column whatever, th plana all for steel trusses Hi feat king. Th cathedral room will have a seating capacity of 2.'ut and will contain a stage ' forty feet deep, with a proaceniiim open- Ins of th same width.- In addition, ther ' will be lodge room a, dining and lounge rooms, and a complete gymnaalum In the ' baaement. Aa a reaiilt of fh ectoneratioti of th Jtfajtonle? lodgea f ('healer, P . the t'hes t tor Masonic aaeociatinn waa able recently , to lay th cornerstone of wht noon will . b a substanliai and rniiiinof lotia new . home for mem her a of the order. The -, u- cornerstone ceremonies wara notable a .. a result of th attendance of many men .. of prominence, Governor Hproul of Penn- aylvanla delivering th principal add re Th building will be modern In every may. .'. COLUMBUS' AMBITIOUS LAN. ' Mem here of the A. A. O. N. M. fl. of Cnlumhua ., ar dr voting- themselves to -piana for the construction of a I3.00o.oitd moaque to replace the preacnf one. which, while valued at l,to0,0oo. snd on of the largest li th country. I not (urge enough to meet th needs of th Columbus members. mem-bers. It la th intention, should th new mosque be built, to retain the present W a sonic tempi for Maaonic lodge meetings meet-ings and social affairs. Ktur tempi. A. A. )- N. M- S.. I,oula-VI I,oula-VI II Ky.. haa purchaaed two propertiea . on the weirt aide of Third atreet. between Ht. CatheHn and fak street a, that city, to be used for the construction of a hrtn temple. In the kiosk style of architecture ar-chitecture and work will be atarted on the building as sunn aa plana of the building commute ar complete. It will hav a large stag snd auditorium with 5 "eating capacity of from souo to 7uqq member. It 1 the Intention of KoaiVlr tempi to provide the city of Louisville with an auditorium with acoustic properties prop-erties of auch character aa to mak It available for th holding of large musical , event as well as other mot tings of a public character. . DETROIT CX CSt CISC t ATTRACT 50,000. A totsl of 50,000 persons attended the - laying of the corneraton of the new Masonic Ma-sonic tempi at Hecond boulevard and Tempi avenue. Jjatroit. Mich., recently, snd preceding the ceremonies 100 WW per-eon per-eon Fathered to watch a procession of . probably :,000 Mason of Michigan as thy marched to the alt of the new tempi. tem-pi. Accompanying th laying of the cornerstone were patriotic ekercteeg of a most I m presgi v character. A silver sped, a memorial of the fraiernit s dead In th treat war. was used in turning the flrat od for the corneraton. letroit M aeons state- the new temple win oe me wrona s nnesf fraternal edi- i fo. It will coat 84.OO0.000 and require two year In the building. Th preaent temple, which will be retained snd apace - In It leased to other lodge, societies and kindred onrnlsatlona. was built thirty veara ago and at th tlm It wa thought It would Riet all Masonic needs of le-trolt le-trolt and locality, but it waa out grown In twelve years. Then there were but 300 Mason In Petrolt and now ther ar 23,000, wltri as many as SO.ihki re-id-Ing la Lsstroit who retain their membrr- 0 hip In out-of-town lodge Th old ' building; Is valued at 11. 000,000. MAGNIFICENCE IN EQUIPMENT. Th new tempi will be constructed of gray terracotta stone. It will cfr an area of ground 1M by feet and will be 204 fret In height The auditorium Will b eighty feet hith and the aaallnr capacity will be 6000. . Niti blue lodg rooms ar to be pro. vlded. two Royal Arch chapter rooma, one -oommandery aa turn, a consistory cathedral, cathe-dral, a compoalt room arranged for the us of council, chapter or blue lodge. nd a special third degree room designed with special reference to th dramatlc f eat urea of th degrc work. |