1926 - Masonic Home for the Aged - Guthrie, OK - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

This building, at the intersection of E. Harrison and N. Ash is currently vacant. It once housed the Masonic Home for the Aged. Construction began in 1926. Thirty-seven residents moved into the facility in 1927. The Home flourished from 1927 until 1978 when a new Home was constructed on the west side of town and 78 residents moved to that new location. This six-story building was closed and in 1995, the Masonic Charity donated the building to Logan County.

This is an L-shaped building, with the main entrance on the south side of the short leg. The entrance has a small covered portico with a stone surround and a tiled step showing the Masonic symbol. There are double wood doors, each with 12 panes of glass. The windows for the most part are set singly with wood-framed double hung sashes. A vertical row of double-set windows are above the entrance, and a set of four windows on each floor on the south side of the long-arm of the building. On the east side of the building a projected room on each floor contains a sitting area with three walls of windows.

The large, two-sided marble cornerstone sits on the southeast corner of the entrance portico.

The south-facing stone reads: "M.W. GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. (Masonic symbol) October 12 A.D. 1926 A.L. 5926 / Claude Allen Sturgeon - Grand Master / Wm. M. Anderson - Grand Secretary"

The east-facing stone reads: "MASONIC HOME FOR THE AGED / Building Commission / Claude A. Sturgeon, Wm. E. Stuart, Earle C. Flesher, Wm. M. Anderson, W. Mark Sexson, Frank A. Derr, Rufus L. Renfrow, Lester L. Wiles, Mrs. M. Alice Miller / Hawk & Parr . Architects / Campbell & Price . Builders"

Year of construction: 1926 Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link] Full inscription: See narrative

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