Masonic Lodge
This modest yet historically significant building still stands on Grey Street, opposite Steele Park, as it has since 1877 - one hundred and forty-six years after its foundation stone was laid. The occasion was marked with considerable ceremony, drawing lodge members from across the Waikato.
Among the formalities was the placement of a glass bottle - containing a copy of the Waikato Times and several coins - into a cavity witin the foundation stone, a gesture intended to preserve a moment in history for future generations. The date of the event was also symbolic, chosen to coincide with the thirty-fifth birthday of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, who was himself a Freemason.
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