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Truc Lam Temple (Ravenswood Club)

Posted by Ravenswood Historical Society Webmaster on April 9, 2010
Posted in: A Walking Tour of Old Ravenswood. Tagged: 1521 W Wilson Ave, early social clubs, Masonic Temples, Paul Revere Temple, Truc Lam Temple.

 

1521 West Wilson Avenue

Just down Wilson from the Masonic Lodge on Paulina, on the southeast corner of Ashland, is another Masonic hall, the Paul Revere Lodge, now the Truc Loc Temple. The building started out as the “Ravenswood Club,” a private membership organization similar to a country club. It received a state charter in 1898. Initiation fees were $50; annual dues were $40. The club house, which was open daily, had a reception hall, parlor, dining room and billiard hall on the first floor; a dance hall on the second floor; and a bowling alley and kitchen in the basement. In later years the club also offered ping pong and fencing.

Truc Lam Temple, 1512 W Wilson Ave. Credit: Uptown Update

Truc Lam Temple, 1521 W Wilson Ave. Credit: Uptown Update

By 1917 the club was having financial problems and three years later, in 1920, it sold the building to the Paul Revere Masonic Lodge.

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