140 year of Shriners

140 year of Shriners

Friday, February 3, 2012

Masons list Oregon City lodge for $875K


Portland Business Journal
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 12:30pm PST
The membership of the Oregon City Masons has elected to sell its lodge, reportedly the oldest Masonic Lodge west of the Missouri River.
Scott Elliott and Todd Collins of Macadam Forbes  http://www.bizjournals.com/  listed Multnomah Lodge #1, 707 Main St., at $875,000.
The 29,700-square-foot lodge is visible from Highway 99 East. While its future use is unclear, one thing isn't: The building will require substantial renovations over a century after it was first constructed.
Masons constructed the cast-in-place concrete structure in 1907. It has served as a city library, morgue and telephone switchboard, among other municipal activities.
Oregonians have a proud tradition of recycling distinctive Masonic structures. ThePortland Art Museum  http://www.bizjournals.com/  acquired the Portland Masonic Temple in 1991 and completed a $40 million remodel more than a decade later. The ex-temple, once moated and closed off from downtown, now boasts galleries, gathering places and offices.
The national Masonic organization chartered Multnomah Lodge #1 in 1848 to serve the Western U.S. between the Pacific Ocean and Rocky Mountains

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