The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-05
Knights of Columbus Close a Deal
for the Purchase of Masonic
Hall on Main Street
FIRST COUNCIL TO HAVE HOME
Building Will Be Left as Tt La for the
Present. but Later 1t Will Be
Converted Into a Splendid
Home for the Knights

sha will have the honor of being the
first council of that order in the state
to own it's own home, as Monday after
noon the committee of the organiza-
ton closed a deal for the purchase
from the Robinson estate of the Ma
sonic Hall on Main street located just
two buildings from the corner of Mar
ket street and considered one of the
finest pieces of business property In
the city. The price paid for the
building has not been made public,
but it is understood that it was fin the
neighborhood of SIS, ZOO. TheI special
committee of the council composed of
John C. Slater, Walter BurkeGand DR..
L. E. Ka1tenbach, were in Milwaukee
Monday closing up the deal.
The decision to purchase the build
ing was reached at meeting of the
members Of the order held on Sunday
afternoon and immediate steps were
taken to close the deal. The prop
erty purchased includes the two
stores now occupied by the Kradwell
Drug Co. and M. M: Huck, the entire
second floor over the two stores, and
two-thirds undivided interest in the
entire third floor of the building. The
other third interest in this portion of
the building is owned by the English
estate, but it is understood that the
knights of Columbus plan to pur-
chase this in the near future.
! The local council organizedea club
| house organization several years ago
and large amount of stock has been
sold and there is quite goodly sum
of money on hand. One of the condi-
tons of the deal was that the build
ing should be placed in perfectly
safe condition before the deeds we're
! signed and the owners of the building
agreed 20 this condition. The work
of rebuilding the front wall is now
under way and will be completed in a
couple of weeks.
The council will make no great
changes in the building at the present
time and the Fraternal Order of
Eagles will for the time maintain
their hall on the third floor just oppo.
site the hall of the council, but in the
next few years the members of the
council plan to rebuild the entire up
per portion of the building. 1t is
planned at that time to convert the
second floor of the building into club
rooms and a hall for the meeting of
the council and the other portion of it
/ into uD.tO.date Office rooms The. en-.
tire third floor will then be converted
into one large hall for use for gener-
al assemb1ages.
The pr operty purchased by the coun-
Gil is considered one of the most valu-
able piece of business property in the
city. 1t is located in the very center
of the city and with the repairing of
the front wall the building will be
good for use for many years.
The Kenosha council in purchasing
the building has taken it's place at
the head of the councils in Wisconsin,
as no other council has as yet been
able to raise the funds for the pur-
chase of home.
The Kenosha council is one of the
youngest in the state, bat since it's
organization few years ago it had
secured membership of nearly us
and the membership is growing at a
very rapid rate. Nearly all of the
we'll known Catholic young men of
the city are now members of the
| council.