Description: Photograph of Freemasons posed outside of Cleveland's Masonic Hall at N.E. Superior and Bond Street (now E. 6th Street), from the collection of Louis Baus. Baus, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1875. He began his career as a professional photographer doing studio work before becoming a staff photographer for the Cleveland Advocate in 1911. Baus worked for the paper, which was later purchased by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for thirty-eight years until his death in 1949. He was also an avid collector of historic photographs. The Louis Baus Collection consists of over one thousand photographs mounted in eleven albums, showing historic Cleveland, the village of Zoar and Ohio covered bridges and mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B01_A03_216
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Freemasons; Fraternal organizations; Parades & processions;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a ceremony of the cornerstone laying for a new Masonic temple, F. A. & M., Upper Sandusky, Ohio, September 14, 1909. The construction of the temple was completed in 1910 at the cost of $15.000. The temple continues to be occupied by Warpole Lodge No. 176. Freemasonry is a fraternal order that dates back to the 14th century when local fraternities of stonemasons regulated the qualifications of masons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07805
Subjects: Cultural Ohio; Freemasons; Fraternal organizations; Architecture--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio)
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a photograph of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, located in Chillicothe, Ohio. The building is located at an intersection in downtown Chillicothe. Visible in the photograph are parked cars, pedestrians, and signs for Western Union and the Ohio Valley Bank. The image was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06396
Subjects: Freemasons; Fraternal orders; Architecture--Ohio; Chillicothe (Ohio); United States. Work Progress Administration
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The facade of the Worthington Masonic Museum in Worthington, Ohio. The historic marker placed outside the site states "Worthington was the center of Masonry for the central Ohio area in the early years of the nineteenth century. New England Lodge, with its original charter from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut dated 1803, is the oldest lodge in continuous existence in Ohio. This building, erected in 1820, is the oldest Masonic Temple west of the Allegheny Mountains." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07040
Subjects: Lodges; Freemasons; Worthington (Ohio); Historic buildings--Ohio
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Samuel Wilcox Clark (1846-1903), an African American educator, school administrator and author from Cincinnati, Ohio. Clark was also a Mason, and appeared in "An Official History of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons," published by William Parham in 1906. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 366_1P217_Clark
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Educators; Fraternal orders; Freemasons;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photomechanical print of Charles A. Cottrill, an African American who held the positions of Clerk, 1st Deputy Clerk, and Chief Deputy in the County Recorder's office in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Cottrill was also a Mason, and appeared in "An Official History of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons," published by William Parham in 1906. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 366_1P217_Cottrill
Subjects: African American Ohioans; City employees; Fraternal orders; Freemasons;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)