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[[Image:alliant.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Masonic symbols on the Alliant Building in 2010 | [[Image:alliant.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Masonic symbols on the Alliant Building in 2010 at 10th and Main Street.]] | ||
The newly organized Dubuque Lodge made their temporary quarters at the Shakespeare House (512 Main Street) across from the site of the present [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]] and then took up a more permanent location over the drug store of [[MASON, Timothy|Timothy MASON]]. The lodge then moved to a new building erected by Emerson and Shields on the northwest corner of 4th and Main. From 1870 to 1895 the Lodge met at the Freemason's Hall (formerly the Julien Theater) at 5th and Locust. The order met on the third floor of the building used as the offices of [[INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY]] from 1895 to 1906. Masonic insignia may still be seen near the top of the building. | The newly organized Dubuque Lodge made their temporary quarters at the Shakespeare House (512 Main Street) across from the site of the present [[HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE]] and then took up a more permanent location over the drug store of [[MASON, Timothy|Timothy MASON]]. The lodge then moved to a new building erected by Emerson and Shields on the northwest corner of 4th and Main. From 1870 to 1895 the Lodge met at the Freemason's Hall (formerly the Julien Theater) at 5th and Locust. The order met on the third floor of the building used as the offices of [[INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY]] from 1895 to 1906. Masonic insignia may still be seen near the top of the building. | ||
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MASONIC TEMPLE. Fifth home of the Masonic Lodge in Dubuque. Built during the days of the Great Depression, the temple, constructed for $325,000, was dedicated on March 15, 1932.
The newly organized Dubuque Lodge made their temporary quarters at the Shakespeare House (512 Main Street) across from the site of the present HOTEL JULIEN DUBUQUE and then took up a more permanent location over the drug store of Timothy MASON. The lodge then moved to a new building erected by Emerson and Shields on the northwest corner of 4th and Main. From 1870 to 1895 the Lodge met at the Freemason's Hall (formerly the Julien Theater) at 5th and Locust. The order met on the third floor of the building used as the offices of INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY from 1895 to 1906. Masonic insignia may still be seen near the top of the building.
From 1906 to 1932 the First Temple was located at 11th and Locust Street on a site later used by the CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY for its new addition. Interest in building a temple was first voiced in 1916, but uncertain conditions caused by WORLD WAR I and building restrictions led to the idea being postponed. Interest in building began again in 1921. By 1923 a building committee had been formed. The old temple was demolished soon after the Masons moved to their present temple.
The 4,200-square-foot ballroom in the current temple was the scene of minstrel shows in the 1930 and until the end of WORLD WAR II big bands featuring Sammy Kaye and Dorothy Lamour. The temple became a meeting hall for as many as fourteen Masonic groups.
