Contracts and Cornerstones

ID: 2970 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the Lee Lockwood Library and Museum; Karem Shriners, “History—Karem Shrine,” 2022, https://www.karemshriners.com/history.
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Contracts and Cornerstones

In January 1927, Shrine leaders agreed to a $151,000 budget for the new building. The budget later expanded, and in April 1928, the order hosted a Cornerstone Laying ceremony as construction began.

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By Allie R. Lopez
Prior to the construction of the Grand Lodge of Texas, a freemason-affiliated organization known as the Karem Shriners built the grandiose Karem Shrine Temple at Seventh and Washington. Substantial in size and embellished with Masonic emblems, the…