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Phoenix Masonic Temple rededicated at 100-year ceremony
Summary
Members of the Grand Lodge of Arizona and city officials marked the 100th anniversary of the Phoenix Masonic Temple with a rededication ceremony that included historic remarks, a time-capsule reference and tributes to restoration efforts that preserved the 1925 building.
Michael Andrew Dale, most worshipful grand master of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, opened the rededication ceremony for the Phoenix Masonic Temple and led the congregation through traditional Masonic rites, including the ceremonial testing of the cornerstone and prayers invoking ‘‘the great architect of the universe.’'
The ceremony recalled the temple’s origins: a lot purchased in 1923 for $25,000, bonds issued in the 1920s ‘‘totaling over a $100,000’’ to finance construction, the laying and testing of the cornerstone in 1925, and Arizona Lodge No. 2’s move into the building on Nov. 29, 1925. Dale said the cornerstone ‘‘was tested and found to be square, level, and plumb,’’ language the lodge used to connect physical workmanship to Masonic moral teachings.
The event included brief addresses from public…
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