1883 - Tongariro Masonic Lodge, Wanganui
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Phronimos
S 39° 55.885 E 175° 03.317
60H E 333828 N 5578044
Masonic corner stone of old Lodge Tongariro 715 E.C., Bell Street, Wanganui
Waymark Code: WM90R6
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 06/10/2010
Views: 11
One of the oldest Freemason Lodges under the English Constitution in New Zealand, Lodge Tongariro no. 715, consecrated in 1857, used to meet in the Rutland Hotel, Wanganui.
In 1883 new purpose-built lodge rooms were built around the corner in Bell Street. As is usual in building a new Masonic lodge building, a foundation stone is laid in the North East corner of the building.
This stone shows the year the foundation pile was laid in the year of Masonry 5883 (Anno Lucis, Masonic year of light).
The building is now a private house, but the foundation stone remains, and is visible from the street.
Year of construction: 1883
Full inscription:
5883
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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