TAMWORTH

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Once again this much travelled Tamworth Travelling Gavel is on the march yet again, leaving New York it finds
its way to another part of America, this time to; ~ where it was presented into the 4 th Warwick Lodge.
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RHODE ISLAND
Grand Lodge District of Rhode Island F. & A. M.
The Grand Lodge
Of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of
Free and Excepted Masons
For the State of
Rhode Island
Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 27 th June 1791
and
Providence Plantations
Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, F&AM
222 Taunton Ave.
East Providence, RI 02194
(401) 435-4650 (401) 435-4650
Hours: 8.00am to 4.00 pm
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The Masonic Temple (known locally as the “Mason Building”) is one of two monumental buildings in
central Providence that remained unfinished and abandoned for decades. Originally planned as a meeting hall
for the Freemasons, construction work was abandoned in 1929 as a result of financial difficulties caused by
the Great Depression. With the outbreak of World War II construction was halted permanently.
The building, constructed in the Greek Revival style, is located prominently on Francis Street opposite
the Rhode Island State House. The opening of the Providence
Place Mall next door across Hayes Street has made the site prime real
estate. In 2004, the building was purchased by Sage Hospitality
Resources, which converted it into a luxury hotel. The Renaissance
Providence Hotel opened in June 2007.
The adjoining building known as the Veterans Memorial
Auditorium, located between the Mason Building and Interstate 95,
was originally part of the same complex, and was connected to the
Temple by a small structure at ground level. While construction
halted at the same time as the Temple building, it was completed in
the 1950s.
Masonic Temple, Providence of Rhode Island
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