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façade of an Art Nouveau house in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, showing mystical symbols (virgin,
sprig of acacia, globe, helmet, book, etc.)
same façade displaying compass over a triangle (photographs taken in 2000)
How wide-spread and popular Masonry was is also documented in the old
names of streets and places. Thus, in Vienna, Austria, the author of this
dissertation visited a Masonic book store located in a street named
"Rauhensteingasse," which means "rough stone alley," the "rough ashlar" being
the stone to work upon with his tools for the Entered Apprentice. In 1967, the
Masonic Service Association published an article on Masonic place and street
names that may be merely a coincidence or may have been named for Masonic
connections, for example: Anchor (Illinois), Beehive (Montana), Boaz
(Alabama), Charity (Missouri), Circle (Montana), Cowan (Tennessee), False
Pass (Alaska), Five Points (Alabama and Tennessee), Grand Pass (Missouri),
Hiram (Maine and Ohio), Jachin (Alabama), Lodge (South Carolina), Mason
(Kentucky), Mason City (Iowa), Masonic Home (Kentucky), Masontown (West
Virginia), Mount Moriah (Missouri), Square (Montana), Symbol (Kentucky),
Tyler (Michigan), Wisdom (Montana). Further mentioned are "Acacia Road"
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin), "Mason Street" (Boise, Idaho; Chicago, Illinois;