The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-17
SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE.
How the New Building Is to BE Con-
structed and Arranged.
The Finest and Most Appropriate Scottish
Rite Hall in the Country-Cost of the
Completed Building,

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Is undergoing great changes, 10 III" lor ene oc-
cupancy OF lts recent purchasers, the Scottish
hie MaSons. Ihls order has grown so rapidly
during the past eight wears that the rooms in
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removal into more commocious quarters became
A look over the n,ans of tho Scottish Rite
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ou'iolhg' at the Office OF the architect, K. T,
Daggett, will show that the work of altering
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anu Will result In giving TO this city the
largest and handsomest Scottish Rite
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the beautiful and varied work of the numerous
dagraes of ,his nranoh - ,xo,ou,
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me building Is to be ninety-two feet high in
front and one hundred feet high in the rear
making II tho biohoo, bril5,rc in tho oi,v +.
ni"A"E AZ Tue "shese Duiluing IN the CITY, IL
Will SNOW Dut nve stories In height, however,
while in reality HAVING six foors Tho fret Aoor
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sixty feet, with ceilings eighteen feet high while
all the room above will be occupied by the Rite
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LUG 'eoonu hoor Will sno" TOUR rooins irohtng
OH Pennsylvania street, three of which will be
for club rooms and the fourth for the office of
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ene secretary inese rooms are all ell suite.
Behind these is banqueting hall thirty five by
fifty-nine feet whicb with the orher roopa "a N
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al 10 onro"h tosether' MAKING hal
sixty feet by seventy-eight feet,
which will alao at times he used as
a all-room at the social entertsinments Owen
hy the order Connected with the hanonet room
TO preserve the unities ia a commodioua and we'll
arranged Kitchen
On the third floor Ia candidates, room 1oxAO
feet lod ge room for the con ferrnp Of fine Perfec
tion degrees from the 40 70 the 14o inclnsive1
This room is 25x39 feet and there ia n STAGE
2Ox25 feet On this Same floor ia also room,
35x59 feet in dimensions mart Of which ia
twenty-six feet nigh in which the Counoil and
Rose Croix degrees will he conferred
The fourth floor will give a room for candi
dates whichis TO be l4x4O feet in it's Dimensions
and n grand lodpe hall and STAGE
This hall Will be 4Ox4O feet. with a
spacious galleries in this hall The rear gallery
will contain eight tiers of seats and the side
galleries will each contain three tiers This hall
and the large stage (which has a clear height of
fifty-four feet) will afford grand facilities for
managing the sublime and dramatic consistorv
degrees. This hall includes the fourth and fifth
stories
The sixth floor has a large room sixty nv
seventy ght feet extending over the whole
building This room. on account of its Situation
at the ton of the TEMPLE will also figure largely
in the work Of the higher degrees
Peter Reuter- the builder ia to have the
building finished by the lst Of Inly and IL is
to be ready for occupancy by the LAT of August
the Intervening time to be taken up with the
removal of the furniture of the rite from Raid