Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy (Paperback).
The 1988 Springfield City Directory showed 38 tenants occupying the building and the Springfield Business Journal lists the building every year as one of Springfield's largest multi-tenant office buildings. Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy By Robert Hewitt Brown Cover Image. The Vandivort Theater occupies the top floor of the building and seats 302. In 1985-86 Shirato Properties, owned by Jim and Virginia Shirato renovated the structure, which was by then on the Springfield Historic Sites Register. The building continued as the Masonic Temple, serving both Masons and Shriners, until the new temple was built in 1980. The building is made of red brick and contains several large meeting rooms and a 42-by-45-foot auditorium on the fourth floor.
The original Masonic Temple contained 26,500 square feet of floor space in four stories and included both a birdcage elevator surrounded by stairs and a freight elevator. The time capsule was opened to prepare for the dedication of the new Masonic Temple at the southwest corner of Kansas Avenue and Catalpa Street. In November of 1980 the copper box was opened and found to contain coins, Springfield newspapers from 1906, a postcard with a two cent stamp and a business card from Reed and Heckenlively, the designers of the building. The cornerstone was laid on Novemwith a time capsule buried inside the 900 pound cornerstone. It appears to be postmarked in 1909 and was produced by the Simplicity Company in Chicago.
This postcard depicts the Masonic Temple, on the northeast corner of East Walnut and Pearl Streets, near the Landers Theatre. Pair of Masonic bronze bookends with carved Freemasonry symbol compass and square set with other symbols.
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