The Museum in the Streets
On June 14, 1894, the cornerstones for the Masonic Temple and Lithgow Library were laid with imposing Masonic ceremonies. Parades, speeches, and feasting marked the day, and hundreds of people from all over the state participated. Constructed for $40,000 by the Augusta Masonic Building Company, the temple was a meeting place for the capital city's various Masonic organizations. The day marked nearly a century of Masonry in Augusta and over seventy-five years of library activity. An anonymous poet wrote a poem entitled "The Two Cornerstones" to commemorate the day. The final stanza summed up the day's legacy with these words: Augusta city of our love! Thy storied past is safely shrined, so that thy children faithful prove, To all these builders have designed.HM Number | HM23KD |
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Placed By | Augusta Historic Preservation Commission, Kennebec Savings Bank, and the Maine Community Foundation |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Thursday, December 7th, 2017 at 7:02pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 438212 N 4907059 |
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Decimal Degrees | 44.31416667, -69.77476667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 18.85', W 69° 46.486' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 18' 51.0000" N, 69° 46' 29.1600" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 207 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 300 Water St, Augusta ME 04330, US |
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