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Collection Summary
Collection: 2019-P-031 - Hoskins-Meyer
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00015
Title: Masonic Temple, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 1920
Creator: Hoskins-Meyer (Bismarck, N.D.)
Inscription/Marks: [Handwritten in black ink on negative] Bismarck, N.D. H-1017 [Handwritten on back of photograph] A4326-00001 Bismarck. Masohic Temple. Hoskins Meyer photo [Round black ink stamp] STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Summary: Three-quarter view of early Masonic Temple that was located at 117 3rd Street in Bismarck (N.D.).It was dedicated on Friday, February 16, 1912 at 3:00 pm. It cost over $30,000 to build and was the second temple in North Dakota devoted exclusively to Masonic use. Designed by C. T. DeLamere, Architect (Bismarck (N. D.) in 1911, Ferdinand Leutz of Hebron Fire and Pressed Brick Company supplied the bricks for the building. It is a two story building with a full basement. It has a massive stone foundation and is faced with Hebron pressed brick with stone trimmings. The basement contains the boiler room, card and billiard parlors, reception rooms and vaults where the lodge records were kept. The first floor comprises the Blue Lodge rooms, dining rooms and kitchen, parlors, and paraphernalia rooms. The second floor was devoted to the use of the order of the Eastern Star and contained a lodge room for this order and the paraphernalia rooms. The building when completed cost $50,000. It was erected by Milstead and Pierson, contractors in Bismarck (N.D.). The building committee consisted of C. B. Little, chairman, G. F. Dullam, and Dr. E. P. Quain. The cornerstone was laid on Wednesday, July 19, 1911 with Robert Morrison, Grand Master and head of all the Mason organizations in North Dakota presiding.
Red ID: PH_I_192695 Image ID: 172881 Image Notes: 2019-P-031-00015

Collection: 2019-P-031 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Hoskins-Meyer
Date: 1920-1930

Summary: Collection of negatives and photographs taken by Hoskins-Meyer Studios in and around Bismarck (N.D.) and used to produce real photo postcards for sale.

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