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American Indian Center (Masonic Temple)

Posted by Ravenswood Historical Society Webmaster on January 9, 2011
Posted in: A Walking Tour of Old Ravenswood. Tagged: 4601 N Paulina, Allen Webster, American Indian Center, Edgar Galloway, Ravenswood Masonic Temple.

4601 North Paulina Street

Masonic lodges were very active in Ravenswood in the late 19th and eary 20th centuries, as they were in other comunities. In 1885 Edgar Galloway, who had the house we saw on Hermitage, and other local residents began the process of establishing a lodge. They received a charter the following year for the Ravenswood Lodge. They met in a building on Wilson near East Ravenswood, until taking over Library Hall at Hermitage and Montrose in 1894. By 1926 the masons had outgrown that building and commissioned the architectural firm of Allen Webster to design this building at an estimated cost of $300,000.

Americaqn Indian Center, 4601 N Paulina. Credit American Indian Center

Americaqn Indian Center, 4601 N Paulina. Credit American Indian Center

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Permit A-8684, N38, P 98. Historical records

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