tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post7612699767833951018..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Be careful what you wish for, you may receive itChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-13201987517472829912007-03-02T12:14:00.000-05:002007-03-02T12:14:00.000-05:00Brother Chris - Thanks for the link. The website ...Brother Chris - <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link. The website looks great. One observation: Check Dwight Smith's book, but I think the second Masonic Temple, at Washington and Capitol, burned a few years before 1907. I think the Lodges and York Rite met in various rented quarters while they, and the Grand Lodge, decided what to do. After two temples on this site (the first of which hosted Indiana's 1851/52 Constitutional Convention, producing our current constitution), the move was made to North Illinois Street.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the pics are great. Glad to see a social room is finally fully furnished! Like a club lounge. Best wishes to you all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-78629551879347251012007-02-28T23:04:00.000-05:002007-02-28T23:04:00.000-05:00Brother Brian,I am incredibly excited over the dir...Brother Brian,<BR/>I am incredibly excited over the direction of the new Temple Board. We are committed to returning the building to its original beauty and stature, if not surpassing it. Several new projects are already in motion, and we will have a series of announcements soon. Things are going in a new direction and the Freemasons of Indiana who all have a stake in the ownership of this magnificent structure will be proud to call it the home of Indiana Masonry.<BR/><BR/>Have a look at the new <A HREF="http://www.indytemple.org/Welcome.html" REL="nofollow">Temple website</A>. It was just launched tonight with much more to come.Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-59323461533005564602007-02-27T15:57:00.000-05:002007-02-27T15:57:00.000-05:00Glad to hear things are progressing with the India...Glad to hear things are progressing with the Indianapolis Masonic Temple. Years of bad attitudes had blinded many members to its potential. The auditorium is a jewel. The Lodge rooms great, and convenient to Masons throughout the city. Moreover, downtown is growing, not a shrinking, festering sore. Now is not the time for Masons to jump ship on the inner city, but to prominently display ourselves there. That work was done 100 years ago. Anyway, I was involved a little in the project back in 1995-1999, before moving to New Orleans. Best wishes! Brian C. Reid, Frank S. Land No. 758.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com