Ionic Hall: The Grand Lodge Room
The fifth floor of Grand Lodge is one of the more interesting floors in the building. It is home to Doric Hall, The Chamber of Reflection, and Ionic Hall which is also known as the Grand Lodge Hall. While Doric provides our visitors with a look at a typical masonic lodge room, and the Chamber catches their eye as a unique circular room, Ionic Hall is known to Massachusetts Masons as one of the most used rooms in the building.
The fifth floor of Grand Lodge is one of the more interesting floors in the building. It is home to Doric Hall, The Chamber of Reflection, and Ionic Hall which is also known as the Grand Lodge Hall. While Doric provides our visitors with a look at a typical masonic lodge room, and the Chamber catches their eye as a unique circular room, Ionic Hall is known to Massachusetts Masons as one of the most used rooms in the building.
Ionic Hall serves Massachusetts Freemasonry in many capacities, serving as the hall for the annual installation of the Grand Master, as well as the Grand Lodge Quarterly Meetings. At each quarterly the Hall is home to voting, committee reports, and the presentation of donations to masonic charities.
Adorning the walls of Ionic Hall are the portraits of the previous 28 Grand Masters of Massachusetts. These portraits go in chronological order, starting with the Junior Past Grand Master Richard J. Stewart in the lower southeast corner, and ends with Past Grand Master Herbert W. Dean (1929-1931), in the upper northeast corner. These portraits maintain chronological order and are moved every three years. Portraits of the Grand Masters who came before Most Worshipful Dean can be found scattered throughout the halls of Grand Lodge.
Ionic Hall will be filled with Scottish Rite Masons on April 30, 2016, for the annual Three-Body Installation of Officers. If you would like to read more about the Installation, click here. If you would like to know more about Ionic Hall, visit the Grand Lodge to speak with Bro. Walter Hunter, Grand Historian, in the second floor library.
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