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Our Architectural Cha.Pteb.
ornament prominent on the bank , corn exchange , town hall or mechanics' institution . There is abundant scope for the labour of the architect in the special treatment of a Masonic hall , because either in the Gothic or classic styles it admits of distinctive expression . All the symbols of
the Craft can be legitimately introduced which are allowed to be publicly displayed- —ancl these speak for themselves ; and the -name .-of the Lodge will often give a title for some particular ornament or sculpture . Suchnamesas Royal Sussex , Industry , Cornubian , St . Paul s , St . Mary ' s , Angel , Phcenix , St . John ' s , Fidelity , Providence , JHop e and Charity , Apollo , Phcenix , Minerva , Alfred , —names taken
indiscriminately—admit of special commemoration . It is true some names have not the same facilities , but , on the whole , there are few ^ structures that give such suggestions for their external symbolism as Masonic buildings . Where a Eoyal Arch or other Chapter is attached to a Lodge , or where several Lodges meet in one hall , of course additional material for the sculptor is available .
Where the name of a Lodge is classic in its suggestions , as the Ionic , the Apollo or the Minerva , it would be quite absurd to treat in the early English or Tudor manner ; but there is abundant scope for the ihediseval style . Where there is a mediaeval legend , true or false , attached to a city or a Lodge , it may be taken as a motive . Thus a Lodge at York may be Saxon , or if there should "be a new Masonic hall at Taunton , it may be Tudor .
The exterior of the ball will 3 to some extent , govern , the interior , but . it should be so arranged that the Lodge-rooms should admit of adaptation for the rites of the higher degrees .
It will be found convenient in most provincial towns to have the hall placed near an hotel , and having access to it , whether the banquets be served in the Lodge or in the hotel ; but where the town is large and the hall large , then such a situation is not necessary , as various public meetings and banquets will be held , and a tavern ot some kind established on the premises , which will afford revenue to the Masonic owners of the hall .
In every large town , and more particularly in a seaport town , where (/ here are several Lodges and many visitors , the Masonic hall should be so arranged that it can be employed as a club-room and library for Masons only ; and these are privileges which would be obtained
without additional expense to the Craft of the town , as there would be no additional rent ; the Tyler and his wife , resident on the premises , would afford the attendance , and the cost of lighting would be the chief expense . Books , including a Masonic collection ., would be
given , and many newspapers ; but where periodicals are required and current literature a subscription will be necessary to one of the circulating libraries , and a special subscription should be opened , as in . the London clubs . In the Army ancl Navy Club , the library subscription , which is optional , is only live shillings per member . Of . eourse all subscribing members of Lodges in the town would be
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Our Architectural Cha.Pteb.
ornament prominent on the bank , corn exchange , town hall or mechanics' institution . There is abundant scope for the labour of the architect in the special treatment of a Masonic hall , because either in the Gothic or classic styles it admits of distinctive expression . All the symbols of
the Craft can be legitimately introduced which are allowed to be publicly displayed- —ancl these speak for themselves ; and the -name .-of the Lodge will often give a title for some particular ornament or sculpture . Suchnamesas Royal Sussex , Industry , Cornubian , St . Paul s , St . Mary ' s , Angel , Phcenix , St . John ' s , Fidelity , Providence , JHop e and Charity , Apollo , Phcenix , Minerva , Alfred , —names taken
indiscriminately—admit of special commemoration . It is true some names have not the same facilities , but , on the whole , there are few ^ structures that give such suggestions for their external symbolism as Masonic buildings . Where a Eoyal Arch or other Chapter is attached to a Lodge , or where several Lodges meet in one hall , of course additional material for the sculptor is available .
Where the name of a Lodge is classic in its suggestions , as the Ionic , the Apollo or the Minerva , it would be quite absurd to treat in the early English or Tudor manner ; but there is abundant scope for the ihediseval style . Where there is a mediaeval legend , true or false , attached to a city or a Lodge , it may be taken as a motive . Thus a Lodge at York may be Saxon , or if there should "be a new Masonic hall at Taunton , it may be Tudor .
The exterior of the ball will 3 to some extent , govern , the interior , but . it should be so arranged that the Lodge-rooms should admit of adaptation for the rites of the higher degrees .
It will be found convenient in most provincial towns to have the hall placed near an hotel , and having access to it , whether the banquets be served in the Lodge or in the hotel ; but where the town is large and the hall large , then such a situation is not necessary , as various public meetings and banquets will be held , and a tavern ot some kind established on the premises , which will afford revenue to the Masonic owners of the hall .
In every large town , and more particularly in a seaport town , where (/ here are several Lodges and many visitors , the Masonic hall should be so arranged that it can be employed as a club-room and library for Masons only ; and these are privileges which would be obtained
without additional expense to the Craft of the town , as there would be no additional rent ; the Tyler and his wife , resident on the premises , would afford the attendance , and the cost of lighting would be the chief expense . Books , including a Masonic collection ., would be
given , and many newspapers ; but where periodicals are required and current literature a subscription will be necessary to one of the circulating libraries , and a special subscription should be opened , as in . the London clubs . In the Army ancl Navy Club , the library subscription , which is optional , is only live shillings per member . Of . eourse all subscribing members of Lodges in the town would be