The morning call., 1893-06-01
TEMPLARS' HOME.
Golden Gate COnmanderY
House=warming.
A GREAT DAY FOR KNIGHTS.
With Solemn Rites the Grand COM
mandery Dedicates a New Asy-
lum on Suffer Street.
A GREAT DAY FOR KNIGHTS.

There has been an hegira of clubs up
toward Suffer street, near Mason or Tay
lor street.
The University led the van by taking the
old Caduc house and making one of the
prettiest and Coolest clubhouses in Amer
lea. A great deal has been said of the
Bohemian Clubs building now being put
M on Mason and Suffer streets, but the
Golden Gate COmmandery over year ago
started to build home of their own that
has just been finished at 625 Suffer street
which viii rival all of them. Yesterday
the Grand Commandery of Knights
Templars of the State Of California with
solemn rites dedicated TO the uses and pur-
poses OF the Golden Gate Commandery the
only building in America solely owned by
the members OF any commandery.
Besides being specially fitted for COM
mandery uses there is a large central hall.
with a Stage and anteroons, which will
supply long desired want in this section
of the city 1t is q beautiful hall with q
gallery, and will comfortably seat 1000
people. The Golden Gate Commandery
has always been popular organization,
and its new home will help increase its
membership.
The building is gothic in style, and one
of the most beautiful of all the buildings
lately put up on Suffer street.
Internally IT IS very pret!lly and practl-
cally arranged.
The entrance opens into a broad corridor
that leads on a slight decline to the large
central hall. On the left is a reception
room for ladies'; on the right, for gentle
men. The finish is polished oak. The
walls are deicately tinted Velvet Brus-
sells carpets and old oak furniture add to
the general artistic effect.
On the second floor is the commandery
banquet hall, a spacious, well-lighted
room, with convenient adjuncts. On this
floor are also the lockers where the gallant
knights stow away their plumes and hang
no their swords and belts. On the third
floor is the asylum hall, with pretty red
woOd-lined chapel adjoining. The hall is
already decorated with various trophies
won by the cOmmandery at tournaments
and conclaves.
The total cost of the lot and building
was $4,000 but that sum has all been
subscribed and paid up by the members of
the commandery.
At 8 o'clock in the afternoon were the
solemn Masonic rites under the auspices
OF the Grand Commandery OF the State.
and from that time on until II o'clock a.
night the Knights were busy receiving
their invited guests who had come to see
their new home.
Those in charge of the solemn rites,
which lasted but half an hour IN the after
noon. were the following from the Grand
Commandery: William Vanderhurst,
grand commander; Frank w. Sumner,
deputy grand commander; Edward 5. Lip
PHI, grand generali3slmo; Frank Dalton,
grand captain-generai; William .. Gould,
grand prelate; r. Beverly Cole, grand
Warden Samuel ID. MAYER. grand organist.
The officers of the Golden Gate Com
mandery, all of whom were present during
the afternoon and evening. are:
o. l.. Field, eminent commander; j. K.
Firth, generalisimo; G. d. Clark. captain
general; H. l.. H0smer. prelate; c. II.
Murphy, assistant prelate; c. D. Bunker.
senior warden; j. NJ. Peel, junior warden &:
II. j. Sadler, treasurer; William I.
Fonda, recorder; Il. 3. Hunt, Standard
bearer; j. *. c. Hobbs, Swordbearer; w.
Z. Smith, sentinel, and S. D. Mayer, mu-
steal director
The fol owing members of the Golden
Gate Com mandery were present at the
dedica ton rites: George NJ. McLaae, VIII
liam f. Smith, ". r. Parnel, d. A. Baum,
Z. Bone. Frederick Lowers. Frank Dalton.
c. II. Cassasa. a. II. Vail. c. L. Benton,
J. ". Lucas, w. o. Gould, NJ. Hellwig, j.
G. Boston. Calvert Meade. i. G. Evans, 5.
NJ. Monser, S. Z Slade, T. II. Kellogg. /.
Osborne, r. b. Wheeler, P. H. Minor, L.
G.. Hughes, George Thompson, j. L. Hal
stead, A. b. Won Wefelsberg, C. J. Young,
X. ID. Magic, G. /. Darling. c. 5. Benedict.
Martin White. +, d. Stadtmiler, D. E.
Walker, a. Hallett, Chester Il. Evans,
Burr Noble. w. d. Sanborn, George Chids
and j. ". Heidi.
From outside Communicates came ::
Trenmor Coffin of Miami Commandcry,
Lebanon, Ohio; ". j. Whitney. Lake Guy,
Commandery of Minneapolis; E. A.
Belcher, Marysville Commandery; Paul
Bowman Of Almouer C0mmandery, Au-
gusta, III; ". Ora ham OF Stockton Com
maudeTy.
The following were from the California
Command"ry: Eminent Commander Eu-
gene \. Deuprey. Franklin II. Day, Ly-
man Bridges, Alex McNee. II. L. Mat
thews, L. z. Cole. ". Z. Smith, A. s.
Spence, j. 5. Young, Ii. S. Matthews, c.
". Iredale and r. Beverly Cole