Evening star., 1914-07-24
MASONS TOLAY
STONE OF TEMPLE
Ceremonies at New Building in
Northeast at $50 O'Clock
Tomorrow Afternoon.

The corner stone of the new North
east Masonic Temple. at Sth and F
streets northeast. will be laid by T.
John Newton, grand master of Masons
of the District of Columbia. assisted
by the officers of the Grand Lodge. at
$50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The
Grafton of the day will be delivered by
Representative Martin A. Morrison.
grand master of Masons of Indiana,
and. if his duties in the Senate will per-
nit. Vice President Marshall will also
deliver an address.
Grand Master Newton has called the
Grand Lodge of the district to meet in
special session in 1odgeroom No. 2. Ma
sonic Temple. at 2:30 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon, to prepare for the
event.
The program of exercises will include
a banu overture, proclamation OF the
grand master, prayer by the grand
chaplain of the Grand Lodge and the
presentation of the working tools by
the architect of the building, preceding
the formal rituaGstic ceremonies. After
the laying OF the stone an anthem will
De sung py the choir, an address Will
be maze Dy Grand Master Newton. and,
following d selection by the band, vice
president Marshall ana Representative
MORRISON viii deliver their addresses.
An anthem by the choir will follow, and
and the benediction will be pronounced
Dy Grand Chaplain Kew. }. Henning
NelmS.
NO formal parade preceding the cor
ner stone laying has been announced.
Out it is expected large concourse OIL
.uasons OF Ine district will be in at
tendance, appropriately garbed for the
impressive Masonic function.
To Cost About $16, 900.
The new temple is being erected at a
cost Of about $-6.U0O and is designed prin-
ScipaIiy as a meeting place for Myron NJ.
Parker Lodge. No. -; Capitol Royal Arch
Chapter, No. IL. and Bethlehem Chapter,
No :, Order of the Eastern Star. 1t is
located near the corner of Sth and F
streets northeast, at what might be CALI
ed ->os. 90, J2I and 80 Sth street, on a
lot u by lUJ feet. 1t will be three stories
in height, with cellar. and the buiioing
Will extend back from Sth street 1UO 1eet.
On the nrst moor there will be large
LOBBY, reception room and the ofnce.
1ne main han Will be 31h by 10 feet in
: dimensions, with a stage OF II by q feet,
ana dressing room on either side. A
nign-speeo electric elevator 511 by III feet
lin noOr space will be installed.
The second floor will be devoted to two
'loGgerOoms, one 80 by 3G12 feet, in the
il part of the buiioing, and the other
3112 by 10 Ieer lin the rear. Each will
= have appropriate anrerooms, cloakrooms
and preparation rooms. The third nooi
Will have one large lodgeroOm 3I1z by 521z
feet IN dimension, banquet room 26 by
81 feet i'll dimension and an by II foot
kitchen. The third floor is designed espe-
cIaiIy for the Royal Arch Chapter and
the Order of the Eastern Star. The buiid-
ing will be equipped tor electric lighting
the basement will be eight feet In the
clear in height, the first story fifteen feet
ana the second and third stories, respec-
lively, fourteen feet in height.
The main entrance will be at the center
OF the building. with basement entrances
on the north and south sides. Ground
was broken for the new building June IL,
and 1T is expected the building will be
formally dedicated the. early part of next
January. L. T. Williams is the architect
and William A. Kimmel the builder.