Masonic groups
this weekend will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Indiana Freemasons' Hall, formerly the Indianapolis Masonic Temple,
at 525 N. Illinois St. The 1909 building has new exterior lighting to make it stand out, rooms have been freshly painted and
decorated, and new policies now make it more accessible to the public than at any time in its history, said Christopher L.
Hodapp, a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Masonic Temple Association. The building contains four Masonic
lodge rooms, three ceremonial chapter rooms, social halls, two ballrooms, and a 600-seat auditorium that has been recently
opened to the public for concerts and community theater. It is home to 10 Masonic lodges and 8 related groups. A capital improvement
campaign is planned for the building to add air-conditioning and to modernize the stage, auditorium and kitchen, Hodapp said.
The rededication ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. June 13 and include a speech by Congressman Dan Burton. The building will be
open to the public after the ceremony.
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Welcome to Property Lines, Indy's source for neighborhood real estate news. Your host is Scott Olson, IBJ's real estate beat
reporter. Edited by Cory Schouten.
Masonic groups
this weekend will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Indiana Freemasons' Hall, formerly the Indianapolis Masonic Temple,
at 525 N. Illinois St. The 1909 building has new exterior lighting to make it stand out, rooms have been freshly painted and
decorated, and new policies now make it more accessible to the public than at any time in its history, said Christopher L.
Hodapp, a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Masonic Temple Association. The building contains four Masonic
lodge rooms, three ceremonial chapter rooms, social halls, two ballrooms, and a 600-seat auditorium that has been recently
opened to the public for concerts and community theater. It is home to 10 Masonic lodges and 8 related groups. A capital improvement
campaign is planned for the building to add air-conditioning and to modernize the stage, auditorium and kitchen, Hodapp said.
The rededication ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. June 13 and include a speech by Congressman Dan Burton. The building will be
open to the public after the ceremony.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
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Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
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Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
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a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
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millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.
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Great news about the auditorium being opened for concerts and community theater.
Whatever.
Because it is a Masonic Temple? If you have ever noticed, most of them are built very similarly. Because they were not to be public buildings, but secretive ceremonial places.
That said, it is good that they are making it more accessible. Many of these buildings have some of the most beautiful architecture but are not open for the public to enjoy. Scottish Rite and the Murat Shrine Temple were an examples. Now both are much more open and we are richer for it.
http://www.indytemple.org/photos/thumbnails.php?album=2
And take another look on July 4 -- when they'll be red, white, and blue.
And finally: If you really want to lower light pollution, how about asking the city to tone down those streetlights? :)
Seven years ago, a group tried to sell this building for a million bucks. The new Temple Board has put a stop to that and has turned FM Hall around. Sure, there's lots to be done and a long capital campaign needed to do it, but when you see the old Knights of Pythias building on Meridian hasn't had knights in it for well over half a century, and the Odd Fellows tower at Penn and Washington hasn't had an Odd Fellow meeting in its old top floor auditorium since the 1960s, to see the Masons still using their temple building for the purpose it was built a century ago is pretty impressive.