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The Museum of Freemasonry is located on the first floor of Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London. Originally known as the Masonic Peace Memorial Building, the imposing landmark found on the edge of Covent Garden was designed by architects Ashley and Newman in the Art Deco style and completed in 1933. It is a Grade II* listed building today.
In 1710, the Great Queen Street Academy was founded here with Godfrey Kneller as its first governor. [4] A major redevelopment in the early 1900s led to the building of the broad Kingsway road, clearing away some of the maze of small streets in Holborn including part of Great Queen Street, all of Little Queen Street and the surrounding slum ...
It is located in Great Queen Street between Holborn and Covent Garden and has been a Masonic meeting place since 1775. Parts of the building are open to the public daily, and its preserved classic Art Deco style, together with its regular use as a film and television location, have made it a tourist destination.
Watercolour of the Freemasons' Tavern by John Nixon circa 1800. The Freemasons' Tavern was established in 1775 at 61–65 Great Queen Street in the West End of London.It served as a meeting place for a variety of notable organisations from the 18th century until it was demolished in 1909 to make way for the Connaught Rooms.
56 Great Queen Street Covent Garden WC2B 5AZ 1905 () 1915 () The London County Council erected a blue encaustic ware plaque to Boswell at No.56 Great Queen Street on 18 September 1905. [28] The house was demolished in 1915. [29] The Freemasons' Hall now completely covers the site.
Prince Henry's Room at 17 Fleet Street is the first historic building to be acquired by the London County Council. [6] Hotel Russell in Russell Square opens to guests. The music hall song "Burlington Bertie" is composed. 1901 2 February: The funeral procession of Queen Victoria takes place from Victoria station to Paddington station.
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. [1] It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden". [2]
Madame Tussauds (UK: / t uː ˈ s ɔː d z /, US: / t uː ˈ s oʊ z /) [1] [N. 1] is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. [2] [3] One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843.