Centuries before Jimmy Choo shoes and Louis Vuitton luggage, Freemasons were the fashionistas of their times, wearing bejeweled sashes and aprons adorned with esoteric symbols dating back to King ...

In 1887 a mysterious castle-like building was constructed on Pacific Avenue, at the head of Walnut Street. The building’s architect was the popular Charles Wellington Davis, who had designed Santa ...

In every Masonic Lodge in the United States and possibly the world, hangs in the East a letter ‘G’. It signifies the Masonic recognition in a faith in God or an individual member’s own religious faith ...

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A brooding, stone-clad structure looms tall along North Broad Street in downtown Philadelphia. The Masonic Temple or the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, it possesses a stately appearance with an arched ...

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“The occasional visitor to Lawrence will look in vain for the familiar Masonic emblems beaming from the upper story of the Lawrence National Bank building. Soon the lodge will be happily housed it its ...