Hobart Masonic Centres - Foundation Stones and Company Plaque

Hobart Masonic Centre Foundation Stone laid by Sir Ernest Clark Governor of Tasmania and Past Grand Master 1938

Within the Hobart Masonic Centre in Sandy road, the original Foundation Stone from an earlier building is incorporated into an internal wall, and an associated plaque says the stone was removed from “Masonic Hall, Murray Street, Hobart”. That building’s Foundation Stone records that the stone was laid by His Excellency, Brother Charles du Cane, Esquire, Governor, 20 March 1873

“Masonic Hall, Murray Street, Hobart”. That building’s Foundation Stone records that the stone was laid by His Excellency, Brother Charles du Cane, Esquire, Governor, 20 March 1873

1393 Tasmanian Freemasons Hall Company Limited, Board of Directors, H H Cummins (Chairman), W H Strutt, S T Chancellor, W H Rennie. J H Coogan, L Tapping, F H Johnston. Secretary D D Willis. Architect A L Chrisp. Builders Gillham Bros.

1962 Tasmanian Freemasons Hall Company Limited free from all debt. Board of Directors, N E Lakin (Chairman), F T Allison, H H Cummins, F H E Johnson, F H Johnstone, F Mathers, L Tappng. H W Flint (Secretary).

Plaque attached to the Murray Street Masonic Temple's Foundation Stone, now in Hobart Masonic Centre in Sandy Road