Appreciating our Grand Lodge

[Blake Bowden]

I've seen virtually every Grand Lodge in the US, and let me tell you Brothers, the Texas one puts the "Grand" in Grand Lodge. We are truly blessed to have such a facility.

 

[rhitland]

I agree, Jewel Lightfoot did a bang up job on our pillars out front which sets the tone for the whole building we are lucky to have had such ambitious older Brothers.

 

[TCShelton]

It is a beautiful building.

 

[fairbanks1363pm]

what year was it built? where was the grand lodge before this

 

[Wingnut]

The previous Grand Lodge I believe used the Holland Lodge facility if I remember my history correctly.

 

[rhitland]

Well it was nearly in Fort Worth, but Waco was choosen for being centeral. I know they also held Grand Lodge all over before it was built, they had a Grand Lodge in Alvarado I believe. I saw the pic. of the pit bar-b-q and it was 100yds long if it was an inch. I also believe Milliam hosted most of the yearly GLs not sure why I feel like I read that.

 

[JTM]

I've seen virtually every Grand Lodge in the US, and let me tell you Brothers, the Texas one puts the "Grand" in Grand Lodge. We are truly blessed to have such a facility.

do other states not do it so grandly?

for me, it's like this... while we are blessed to have a grand lodge that is so "grand," is it "better?" a building is great, but is just that, a temporary, human creation.

the effect that a grand lodge has on its substituent lodges is much more important to me than the building, and truly defines how "grand" a "Grand Lodge" is.

i have this opinion because i'm a catholic. while everyone celebrates these old churches so much, what really makes a church "badass" in the eyes of the Grand Architect is their effect on the community, not how cool their building is. people oft forget that.