El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-04
VIII Be Six Stories, Two of
Them Underground, and
New Church Planned.


Six stories. two underground and
four above ground, will be the plan OF
the new Masonic temple building.
which viii be completed on the new
site on Missouri street to cost $780,
COO
Plans have been completed for the
building by frost & frost and the
contractors ere now compiling figures
to be submitted 10 the building COM
mittee of the Masonic lodges. Al
though but four stories above ground,
the new Masonic temple viii be more
than 100 feet in height and will be
equal in height to any eight story con-
crete building IN the city. 1t viii also
be the first all steel skeleton structure
to be built in this city Of modern con-
crete buildings. The building material
viii be steel and pressed brick with
terra Gotta trimmings and Ionic col
umns on the Missouri street front.
The sub basement OF the building
win be arranged for the heating, ven
tilating and storage departments Of the
building. Above this will be the base
ment proper, which will be fitted up
for a banquet hall and kitchen with
china closet and cabinets for the use
OF the cooks. There VIII also be liv-
ing quarters in this basement for the
secretary OF the lodge, who viii be in
charge OF the building.
Entrance on Missouri
The first floor entrance viii be on
Missouri street and VIII nave gran
lite approach and steps The entrance
to the lodge rooms on the upper floors
viii be from FL PasO street The Mis-
souri, street entrance will open into a
marble lobby and a marble stairway
viii lead to the lodge floors An ele-
TatCr viii also have its first floor OPEN
ing into this lobby. The secretary'5
office and the board room viii be on
this floor and retiring rooms arranged
q ar~n- a~Hr
remainder Of the first floor viii be de-
voted to the club features Of the new
building and viii contain billiard
rooms, card rooms and lounging and
reading rooms These rooms VIII be
finished IN quarter sawed white oak
Lodge Rooms on Second Floor.
The second floor viii have two large
lodge rooms for the use Of the blue
lodge These lodge rooms viii have
an1erOOms in connection and reception
rooms. These lodge rooms viii be I'm
ished in Greek Ionic style with plaster
columns and pilasters. There viii be
meZZanine floor to this lodge room
floor as on the two upper floors.
This mezzanine viii be arranged
for candidates waiting rooms, store
rooms and toilets The third floor viii
be arranged for the use OF the York
rite cOmmandery and viii. contain a
chapel, lodge room and armory for the
storage OF the Knights Templar uni
forms and side arms. The mezzanine
on this floor viii be the same as on
the second floor The fourth floor
viii be fitted for a large assembly
room, with a balcony on three sides
and a stage on the fourth. There viii
also be q choir loft with a pipe organ
and dressing rooms flanking the stage
The exterior OF the building viii be
in keeping with the tenets of the Ma
sonic order The general style viii be |
ma ssive, Ionic and viii have a particu-
larry pleasing effect from Missouri I
street and the Carnegie square park. 4
The brick VIII be dark gray, pressed (
brick and the six pilasters viii be Of +
this same material with terra Gotta A
sapitols in The Ionic design. All Of the
,ornice and column bases win also be
IF dark gray terra Gotta while the
main entrance viii be Of Missouri red
granite.
The entire building viii cost 100000
md the contract calls for its compile
ion by January ], 1913