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The ground and first floors and the first-floor mezzanine have areas where the general public is admitted only on days when a meeting is held, which is currently 10 per month. The second floor contains the
Eastern Star quarters. Third and fourth floors and their mezzanines were designed to house the
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Fifth and sixth floors were designed to house three of the York Rite organizations, which are known as the
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Blue Lodges with the potential for eight Blue Lodge halls. The four halls and the fourth floor were not completed, and one area on the third floor was made into a dining room.
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