1954 - Masonic Lodge #429 - New Madrid, Missouri
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N 36° 35.182 W 089° 31.722
16S E 273771 N 4051964
This two-story, brown brick building is located at 401 Powell Avenue in New Madrid, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMY608
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2018
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This two-story, brown brick building is located at 401 Powell Avenue. The eastern facade consists of a central recessed entryway with a double glass and metal doorway. Flanking the doors are vertical block glass windows. Above the entry is an entablature with an inset stone block with the text:
(picture of Mason Compass and Square)
New Madrid Lodge
No.429
Above the entablature is a bay window with three panes of glass separated by vertical mullions. Along the eastern facade, there are eight blue blocks, four on each side, with various symbols of Masonry. There are two cornerstones on the front of the building. On the left reads:
New Madrid Lodge 429
A.F & A.M.
Building Committee
Kermit Bird W.M.
Bert Femmer, Chairman
Leo Hedgepeth, Bldg Supt.
C.M. Barnes Sec.
Kenneth Bird Ralph Anderson
Herman Crisler Jake Shainsberg
Eddie Schuerenberg
The text on the right Cornerstone reads:
Masonic Temple
Erected 1954
Chartered 1849
Destroyed by Civil War
Rechartered 1873
Year of construction: 1954
Full inscription:
The text on the right Cornerstone reads:
Masonic Temple
Erected 1954
Chartered 1849
Destroyed by Civil War
Rechartered 1873
On the left Cornerstone reads:On the left reads:
New Madrid Lodge 429
A.F & A.M.
Building Committee
Kermit Bird W.M.
Bert Femmer, Chairman
Leo Hedgepeth, Bldg Supt.
C.M. Barnes Sec.
Kenneth Bird Ralph Anderson
Herman Crisler Jake Shainsberg
Eddie Schuerenberg
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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