Feature Article on Masonic temple.
Topic: ORGANIZATION & DOWNTOWN/BUILDINGS
By Bill Dilbone in February, 2000
THE YEAR 2000 MARKS THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIDNEY MASONS...Pg 2 |
Members holding meetings of the different degrees use the main lodge room upstairs. It holds 300 people. |
| W. T. McLain, who served the local lodge as a
Worshipful Master in 1899, was also elected by the Grand Lodge. He was the first 33rd
Degree Mason in Sidney. He also served in many of the posts in the Grand Lodge and
Chapters of Ohio. Interesting dates recalled in local Masonic history are the laying of
the cornerstone of the Monumental
Building, the corner of Court Street and Ohio Avenue, laid June 24, 1875, by
Worshipful Master George Henderson, and laying of the cornerstone for the Shelby County Court House on July 4, 1881, by
Worshipful Master David Oldham. [ Back ] [ Next ] [ Up ] [ New Search ] |
