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Freemasons' Hall (Toodyay)

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is of a lean-to style. Painted brick and half timbering to gable apex are present. The front door is bricked in but the original dressings around the opening is still visible. The side extension of timber and iron on stumps adjoins a brick structure with shallower pitched gable roof and timber vented
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The original building was constructed in 1879 on land donated by Charles Marris for the purpose of a temple. Marris was one of the leading temperance workers and he trained a brass band which played at public functions. The Templars used the place and it was also the venue for
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In 1924, an additional wing was constructed designed by architect Percy Harrison, also a Freemason. When the road was widened, the front steps were demolished and the front door bricked up.
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Mason hall with steep pitched iron roof and tall narrow windows set in recessed rounded arch openings. The extension to the rear with
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On 20 November 1899, the building was consecrated and dedicated in Newcastle as No. 2803 (English Constitution). When the
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services until 1898... Rev. E. Holiday...was the first Master of the Freemasons, buying the Templar Lodge in 1899.
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The hall built on land donated by Charles Marris for the purpose of building a temple for the
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The building is described thus in its heritage listing by Toodyay Shire Council: "Tall
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of Western Australia was established some months later, its number changed to No. 37.
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The building was repainted to resemble the original colour of the bricks in 2014.
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gable apex. There are high level small windows at rear."
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in 1977, listed on the municipal inventory in 2989, and
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Buildings and structures in Toodyay, Western Australia
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in 2012, for both its historic and aesthetic value.
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Toodyay Memorial Hall
Freemason's Hall after a repaint in 2014
Coordinates
31°33′10″S 116°27′55″E / 31.552886°S 116.465179°E / -31.552886; 116.465179
Fiennes Street
Toodyay, Western Australia
masonic hall
Temperance movement
Freemasons
Grand Lodge
Gothic style
skillion roof
National Trust of Western Australia
heritage-listed
Freemasons Hotel (Toodyay)


Municipal Inventory and Heritage List
the original
Methodist Church
"1999-11-20 – Toodyay Historical Society"
"Masonic Hall, Toodyay"


"Freemason's (sic) Hall"
Categories
Buildings and structures in Toodyay, Western Australia
Fiennes Street, Toodyay
Heritage places in Toodyay, Western Australia
International Organisation of Good Templars

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