Alberta Grand Masonic Lodge - Calgary, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 51° 02.501 W 114° 04.192
11U E 705403 N 5658545
The Alberta Grand Masonic Lodge includes modest Art Deco detailing according to the Heritage Advisory Board - City of Calgary, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WM4QMB
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/20/2008
Views: 26
"Calgary's First Masonic Lodge was formed in August 1883 and met in George Murdoch's log shanty east of the Elbow River. By the 1920's the number of lodges had grown, several sharing rented meeting space. The time had come for Calgary Masons to have their own quarters. A co-operative of eight lodges led to the construction of the Masonic Temple, which was dedicated with due ceremony on December 28, 1928. Architect D.S. McIllroy set the building back from the street to allow for a green space opposite Memorial Park and enlivend the birck facade with modest Art Deco detailing. The appointments in the elegant interior spaces includes Calgary's second oldest Casavant Freres organ."
Style: Art Deco
Structure Type: Culture/Entertainment
Architect: D.S. McIllroy
Date Built: 1928
Supporting references: Not listed
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