The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-20


granite the full width OF the build
ing, with three steps to the first rise
and FIVE steps 10 the second before
reaching the terrace.
Across the terrace will be two
other rises of seven and nine steps,
respectively, leading to the ornate
massive portals OF the entrance. the
whole forming a grand entrance" OF
symbolic significance.
On the S street side there will be
. streaeh OF greensward parking 20
feet wide for the full depth of the
lot. On the other side a similar park
ing will be 90 feet wide. The build
ing will have three stories, a base
ment and a endorsement.
The entrance will be fanked on
either side with two giant sphinxes
The terrace will be embellished with
symbollcal and allegorhal statuary.
over the arched entrance to the
building will be a golden sunburst,
with rays 40 feet in length. flashing
from the symbolic double eagle and
triangle of the thirty-third degree.
Inscription Over Temple.
Above and running across the en-
trance will be the inscription:
Temple OF the Scottish Rite,
founded In the United States In the
year 1901, by the Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite Freemasonry.
maintained and cherished from gen
GRAFTON TO generation by the brother
hood for the good Of fellow-men and
the glory OF Almighty God"
Above the level of the tablet bear
ing the inscription will rise the great
columns. thirty-three in all. which
will surround the building on three
sides and support the entablature,
from which rises the golden dome.
Entrance TO the structure will be
through a spacious vestibule leading
to an atrium. fifty feet in one direc-
ton and seventy-five feet in the 9TH
er. at the far end of which Is located
the grand staircase. which extends
10 the mezzanine floor and leads 60
the portals OF the council chamber Of
the thlrty-thlrd degree There will
be two smaller stairways at the
front Of the atrium.
The apartments on the main floor
will be devoted 20 administrative pur
poses and the library. Those on the
right will contain the Offices OF the
secretary general: those on the left
the Offices and reception parlors Of
the sovereign grand commander.
while the whole OF the rear. which
has a seml-clrcle formation. will be
devoted exclusively 20 the extensive
library and Masonic and art curios.
relics and statuary.
Rooms for Inspectors General.
The mezzanine floor will contain
the rooms OF the active inspectors
general. OF the rite, thirty-three in
number. There are thirty-three ac-
tive inspectors general OF the thirty
third degree, thirty-three degrees In
TIE rite. thirty-three states In the
jurisdiction.
Each room will be the official head
quarters Of an active inspector gen
eral OF the thirty-third degree. II
viii be embeliished with the coat-of-
arms Of one OF the states OF the jur-
isdiction and the symbolic emblems
OF the degree to which It is conse-
Grated.
Each room will so communicate
with the adjoining rooms that II will
be possible. when occasion requires,
TO throw them all into one long
vista leading TO the council chamber
OF the thlrty-third degree. The fold
ing doors that separate them will sink
into the walls from floor TO ceiling.
50 as TO leave no obstruction to the
view throughout the entire vista and
the ornamentation Of each room as a
constituent part of the whole piano.
rama
There will be sixteen rooms OF this
character on either side of the struc-
ture, with the council chamber as a
terminus to each suite When thrown
together they will AFFORD space 20 en-
terrain thousands of people on state
occasions. The entrance to each room
will be from marble corridors, which
also can be thrown into the man.
moth halls when the floor is set for
a big reception.
In the Council Chamber.
Thirty-three seats OF elaborate de-
sign will be permanently set in the
council chamber one for each active
inspector general It's interior will
be furnished IN Egyptian style. II
will be. said the grand commander,
one of the artistic features of the