Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Grand Lodge Officers at the Cornerstone Laying, Masonic Temple, Boston, Mass.
1898
Thomas E. Marr (d. 1910)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Photograph on paper on board
image: 6-1/4"h x 8-1/4"w; board: 10"h x 12"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.1861

View of Masons in full regalia at cornerstone laying for Masonic Temple, Tremont and Boylston Streets, Boston. Hand-written on reverse: "Laying of the Corner Stone / at the new Masonic Temple / Boston / June 8, 1898".

In 1895 the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts building suffered a devastating fire. The cornerstone for a new building—still the home of the Grand Lodge today—was laid a few years later, in June 1898. For further informaton, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, p. 63-65.