On July 20th, 2024 The Denver Consistory presents
The Cornerstone 100th Anniversary
As we mark 100 years at this location, we look to the future with a vision that honors our past and embraces new opportunities.
RSVP today
As we mark 100 years at this location, we look to the future with a vision that honors our past and embraces new opportunities.
RSVP todayThe cornerstone is typically the first stone placed in a building’s foundation during construction. Throughout history, the laying of the cornerstone was cause for ceremony and was an important and sacred feature in many cultures. The recorded Masonic cornerstone ceremony was in 1737. The United States Capital cornerstone laying was presided over by Freemason and President, George Washington.
The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry was brought to the new State of Colorado in 1877 by Albert G. Mackey, Representative of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America. Their meeting place was in the same location as the Grand Lodge of Colorado for forty-eight years until they oc- cupied property in Brown’s Addition next to the newly constructed Colorado State Capitol. Land was acquired in 1909, money was raised, construction was authorized in 1922 and architect William Norman Bowman designed a Neo -Classical building, with cornerstone dedicated in 1924 and the building occupied in 1925.
Designed by member William Norman Bowman, a renown architect, the building features buff-colored glazed terra cotta with a limestone-like finish, a pink granite base, and a white dome. This Neo-Classical style prevalent in Masonic architecture is believed to evoke ideas symbolic of a free society.
