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The Scottish Rite Cathedral in Indianapolis, Indiana is a historic building designed by architect George F. Schreiber and located in downtown Indianapolis. It is owned by the Valley of Indianapolis Scottish Rite, an affiliated body of Freemasonry. It was built between 1927 and 1929 at the cost of $2.5 million. [2]
Shrine Guilds of America - Founded in 1947 by the wives of Shriners of the Murat Temple of Indianapolis. [21] The group currently has 14 local Guilds, located mostly in Indiana and Florida, and concentrates its work on helping the Shriners Hospitals for Children, particularly educating children during their time at the hospital.
The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris , a noted Freemason, and adopted and approved as an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity in 1873.
Member of Docena Lodge No. 815, Docena, Alabama, as well as the Zamora Shriners and Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 118 in Birmingham. [10] Warner Baxter (1889–1951), American film actor of the silent and early talkie period. Second person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Member Cahuenga Lodge No. 513, Hollywood, California. [10]
Claimed to be of Masonic origin, its emblem used a fish, cross rose and the letters INRI, similar to the 18th degree in Scottish Rite Masonry. [19] Local lodges were called "Tabernacles." [20] active into the 1980s. [21] Prince Hall Freemasonry and the auxiliary groups, Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star and Heroines of Jericho.
Robert Elijah Jones (1872–1960), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church in the United States [1] Sam Houston Jones (1897–1978), 46th governor of Louisiana . Member of DeRidder Lodge No. 271, DeRidder, Louisiana , receiving the degrees on 4, 5, and 8 October 1918.
With Georgiana Thomas he set about getting the ritual and organization approved by the official of the Lodge and the first Chapter of the Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star was opened on December 1, 1874. The organization spread and in 1907 a Conference of Grand Chapters, Order of the Eastern Star. [2]
The current Indianapolis Masonic Temple, also known as Indiana Freemasons Hall, is a historic Masonic Temple located at Indianapolis, Indiana. Construction was begun in 1908, and the building was dedicated in May 1909. It is an eight-story, Classical Revival style cubic form building faced in Indiana limestone.