The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-22
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The handsome brick edifce recently
erected OF, the. corner Of Third and Main
streets, and, known as st. Alban's Hall, will
tonight be dedicated to Free, Masonry; mn
der the auspices Of Metropolitan Lodge, No.
I'll, and Joppa; Lodge, No. 40, Ancient,
Free, and Accepted Masops, ofthis city. Z
The members Of city; Lodges and tran-
silent brethren will assemble at the hall on
Broad street at 6 O'Clock 2. NJ, and the
procession there formed will march to the
new hall. After the dedication pleasant
reunion Of tha craft is anticipated. - a-
|. A description; Of the, building and the
Lodge-room will be read with interest By
the fraternity: rofIltr2sga yr5sa j. 5aooa etidr
THE BUILDING u , .-a y-ozlo
Ais Of brick, with handsome -stuccoed front
on Main street, and is sixty feet square.
On the first or basem ent floor are two stores,
elegantly fitted up, from which good reye-
nue. is expected Ito be derived, and which
hsvel already been rented out to enter
lprising' 'merchants.' On the nextAooriis the
..@,,s,o[, lGtI o5,a ;ac6Ss;CEsT HALLS, ,r
which is reached by broad stairway COM
ing up fromths main entrance; This room
was designed with special view to public
entertainments; such as lectures, concerts,
and tableaux, and is admirably suited for
the purpose. An audience of nearly six
hundred persons can be seated with, ease
during such entertainments. and the chairs
which have been provided will, be found
much ore comfortable than either the
marrow cushions of the Theatre or the hard
,settees of-most Of our concert halls. The
room is also well adapted for balls and
tbanquets. Adjoining it ore two smaller
apartments = carpeted and furnished as
dressing for ladies and gentlemen,
in style to please the most fastidious.
+! .SraHHTs THE LoDGE-RoeM. - Il? .E5C
The whole of the third story is set apart
for the use Of the Masonic fraternity, and
upon ithas the most money and labor been
expended. Ascending the stairway, the
visitor finds himself before sliding door,
which admits him into. the ante-room Of
the Lodge. This is neatly fitted up with
the usual conyeniences for coats, hats, &C.,
and adjoining it are the committee, and
preparation, rooms, in which visitor or
candidate will find everything that his
heart can desire for comfort" Uponathird
door is "a heavy-plsted knocker ofdunique
design, composed of compass, square, and
gavel. Through this door access is had to
the Lodge-room, and here is the centre of
attraction for the members Of the frater-
nifty. .EtEr -=Ezr .5A.w
The walls and ceilings are frescoed quite
tastefully. Upon the latter is represented
the clouded canopy or starry decked ihea-
vens, where all good Masons hope at last
to arrive, and in either corner appears an
emblem Of the 0rder-the ark and anchor,
spade and coffin, beehive and hour-gless.
The floor is carpeted with tapestry Of beau
tiful pattern, and the settees and chairs,
which have enticing spring seats, are CO.
vered with blue reps. ---,--.c
On the east, above the oriental chair, is
the mystic letter &C." formed by thirty
two gas-jets of dazzling brilliancy reflected
from prisms and silver plate. On either
side of the Chair is o comfortable cushion
ed settee. Close at hand are the rough and
perfect ashlers, and other immoyable jewels
Of the Lodge. The columns here are of
the Ionic order; in the west, Dorio and in
the south, Corinthian. All the furniture
in: the room is made of black walnut, oil
finish. The frame of the! altar, which Is
q very handsome piece Of furniture, was
presented to Lodges Nos. II and 40 by Mr..
J. J. Montague, and the wood work OF the
columns by Charles H. Thompson.
On the walls hang portraits Of the three
Past Masters of No. ll-yiz., Worshipful
w. l.. Maule, Worshipful S. H. Boykin, and
Worshipful Thomas U. Dudley, Jr. Above
the door is black tablet, which bears be-
meath o broken column and the words In
menaoriam the names Of the deceased mem
bers of the same Lodge, as follows: George
S. Lownes, Robert c. Stannard, Jr., 0. Jen-
nings Wise, A. Booker seay, James S.
Utz, John n. Davis, George Washington,
William D. Colquitt, N. B. Ingersnoll, 7. B.
Harrison, j. NJ. Johnson, l.. w. Glaze
brook, and William H. Lyons. 49,
The refreshment room is twenty-nine feet
nine inches by fourteen and half feet ;
has two tables, and will seat comfortably
about sixty persons at supper. On extra
ordinary occasions the concert hall will be
used as q supper room.
THE BUILDERS.
The new hall was built by the Masonic
Building Association, an organization char
tered September 4th, 1867. The corner
stone WAS laid in December, 1867, by the
Grand Lodge of Virginia-Most Worship
full E. II. Lane, Grand Master. Work Was
commenced on the building in the following
May, and it has but recently been COM
pleted. .w4a,rag .,-a
The Building Association is composed
mainly of7members of Metropolitan and
Jopps Lodges (which have leased the Lodge
room for ten years. and is officered as fol-
lows: President, William L.. Maule; Vice
Presidents, Dr.. J. G.. Cabell, Powhatan
Weisiger, and Robert E. Macomber. Di-
rectors-John F. Regnault, John S. Calvert,
Peyton Wise, James W.Archer, James a.
Scott, and William Loyenstein.
The work on the building was divided as
follows:
Brick work, Hopkins l& Perkins and
Hudgins s. Meade; carpenters, Charles H.
Thompson and Jarvis y Glinn; painting
and glazing, R. D.. Mitchell; sash and
blinds, J. ]. Montague; timing, &C., Col,
inns & Tyree; gas-ftting and fixtures, eordle
-&7Cinely and j. E. Towers & Co.; plaster
ing,P.H H. Russell; iron works Tanner, En-
berts & Delaney; frescoing and decora'
raticns, Roethe; u pholstering, u. .F.2'keg'
nault; marble work, Rogers y Miller.
The OpERA.--The brief season Of the
Frederici grand opera company closed on
Saturday evening with FtotoH's sparkling
opera Of stradella. Notwithstanding hel