The Lawrence-area Freemasons have said their last goodbyes to the 94-year-old building that was the Scottish Rite Temple in downtown Lawrence. Saturday they will hold an open house and a formal ...

A firm commitment was made last January. The 340,000-square-foot building's current owner, a local chapter of the Scottish Rite Masons, has wanted to vacate the building for years. The Masonic ...

However, by 1751, a rival Grand Lodge emerged in London, composed of Scottish and Irish Freemasons, who labelled the original Grand Lodge as ‘Moderns’ and themselves as ‘Antients’.