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History. Designed by the firm of Burnham and Root and built at the corner of Randolph and State Streets, the building rose 21 stories. When the clock tower was removed from the 1885 Board of Trade Building in 1895, the Masonic Temple became the tallest in the city. The building was owned by Oriental Lodge #33 which still meets to this day.
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is a 551-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in Chicago. Founded in 1897, the hospital operates a Level I trauma center and Level III Perinatal Center. Its license number is 0005165. [5] The hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.
Freemasonry. The Grand Lodge of Illinois, officially The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois, is the premier masonic organization in the state of Illinois encompassing more than 460 lodges and 57,000 members at the end of 2018. [ 2]
American lawyer. John George Jones (September 18, 1849 – June 7, 1914) [1] was an American lawyer, Freemason, and state legislator in Chicago, Illinois who advocated for civil rights. Born in Ithaca, New York on September 18, 1849. His family relocated to Chicago when he was 7. Jones studied law and was admitted to the Illinois bar on March ...
Myrtle Masonic Temple building after 2018 renovation to ERIS Brewery and Cider House. 1911 built 2018 renovated 4240 W. Irving Park Road Chicago, Illinois Architects: Hatzfeld & Knox Cornerstone laid in 1910, building completed in 1911. Operated as a Masonic Temple Association (chapters included Mayfair and Zenith) through 1981.
The Jefferson Masonic Temple, completed in 1913, is one of a few remaining active Masonic Temples in the city limits of Chicago. Freemasons played an important role in the history of Jefferson Park, and can trace their history in the area back to 1868. The Providence Lodge, which built the structure, eventually merged with the King Oscar Lodge ...
Sherman Adams (1899–1986), American politician (elected to U.S. Congress and as governor of New Hampshire) [10][6] Samuel Adams (1805–1850), third governor of Arkansas. Junior Warden pro-tem of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas in 1844. [10] Wilbur L. Adams (1884–1937), American lawyer and politician from Delaware.
The history of Freemasonry encompasses the origins, evolution and defining events of the fraternal organisation known as Freemasonry.It covers three phases. Firstly, the emergence of organised lodges of operative masons during the Middle Ages, then the admission of lay members as "accepted" (a term reflecting the ceremonial "acception" process that made non-stone masons members of an operative ...