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Houston Scottish Rite Of Freemasonry |
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Houston Scottish Rite Building on Polk and Caroline in Downtown Houston 1923 to 1980 |
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About Us |
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History of the Houston Scottish Rite The Supreme Council granted a Charter to San Jacinto Lodge of Perfection #6 on January 18, 1884, and, according to the record, was set to work on the same date by Phillip C. Tucker, 33°, S.G.I.G. in Texas, assisted by A. B. Chamberlain, 32°, Deputy of the S.G.I.G., in Texas with twelve members; after which they installed the officers. The first class was held on May 14, 1884, in the old Hutchins House Hotel. The work was communicated by the S.G.I.G. in Texas, Phillip C. Tucker, 33°. The Lodge secured quarters in the Odd Fellows Hall on Milam Street and for several years, met with more obstacles and disappointments than success, to the extent that at a stated meeting on May 4, 1893, it was moved that the Charter be surrendered. After serious discussion, the motion was lost, and the Brethren agreed to continue for another year. With renewed courage and determination, the Lodge was rewarded with a large measure of success, to the extent that early in 1896 the Brethren applied to the Supreme Council to charter a new Chapter of Rose Croix. The Charter was granted on October 20, 1897, and, according to the records, Houston Chapter of Rose Croix was Constituted on the same date in the Lodge room of Washington Chapter #2, R.A.M. located in the Grand Lodge Temple on Main Street, by Brother A. B. Chamberlain, 33°, S.G.I.G. in Texas with fifteen Charter members. After constituting Houston Chapter of Rose Croix they installed the first set of officers. The Lodge and Chapter set out on an era of growth and prosperity, and in November, 1903, they built a Scottish Rite Cathedral on a lot they had secured at 709 LaBranch Street at a cost of approximately $5,000. This property they occupied until October 1, 1912. Finding they would need larger quarters, they sold the property on LaBranch Street to the Woodsmen of the World, and bought from the Tabernacle Methodist Church the building and ground on the corner of Polk and Caroline Streets. Continued... |
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Houston Masonic Center on Brompton and North Braeswood 1986 to present. |
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House of the Temple is the headquarters of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction |