As mentioned last week....

[patgund]

This is the "Masonic Sweater Store" I saw in Speed Trap South Bend, Washington

The owner of this shop said it was a former Opera House. The mark above the door says that Opera wasn't the only use for this building.



Century old and very beautiful.

Comments

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

Looks like a MASONIC opera store! Did you stop? I'd be interested in hearing what the inside is like...

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Most of the inside was walled off, I get the feeling the current owner lives there and she closed off most of it. The part that was open had beautiful tin celings though.

[tepintzin.livejournal.com]

It looks derelict to me.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

It's in use as a hand-knitted sweater / shawl / hat store, so it's not derelict.

Nice building really

[cormac.livejournal.com]

From photos I've seen, Masonic Hall/Opera House hybrids weren't at all uncommon. The second Masonic hall in Monrovia was in the upper story of the Opera House on Myrtle, and the hybrid photo I saw of it was from 1898.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Which would make perfect sense to me. (And matches what I heard about other small town lodges during this time period.

I just found it funny she mentioned the opera house aspect when the other aspect was rather obvious.

Oh, and Shana Tova. :-)

[some-other-word.livejournal.com]

I have been there! Wow that was a looong time ago.