Masonic-Cornerstone Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

SirCrab: Unfortunately the owner did not respond to the previous note so this is being archived. Should the owner decide to repair/replace this and have it unarchived, it can be done as long as it still conforms to the guidelines.

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SirCrab
Volunteer Cache Reviewer

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Hidden : 10/31/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located on the grounds of the Grand Lodge of Maryland and was placed with special permission. Please do not seek this cache between 7pm - 7am or if the gates are closed.

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This cache was placed with permission of the Grand Secratary and was the idea of Grand Master Dean Alban & The Masonic Geocaching Society. Every time there seems to be a new security guard there seems to be a problem because they don't know about the cache. Please show them a copy of this cache page and tell them to call the Grand Secratery who's office is right inside if they have a problem.

When you find the cornerstone, look 12 feet to the North for another "cornerstone" to find the coordinates to the final "cornerstone"

At the close of the Civil War, the Grand Lodge of Maryland, the governing body of Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry in Maryland, commissioned architect Edmund G. Lind to design a new Masonic Temple a block north and a block west of a building in the 100 block of St. Paul Street which they had occupied since the 1820s. Lind drew up plans for a three-story marblefront building just south of St. Paul's [P.E] Church, its first floor partially taken up by shops and its two upper floors devoted entirely to Masonic purposes. These multiplied as the number of Masons in Baltimore grew, and when the building was gutted by fire on Christmas Day, 1890, the Grand Lodge seized the opportunity to expand its facility, instructing the architectural firm of Carson and Sperry to add an additional floor in the course of the rebuilding process. The firm retained Lind's 1867 facade, but added an additional floor above it. The result must have met with the Masons's approval: when fire again ravaged the building in January, 1908, the Grand Lodge once more called upon Joseph E. Sperry - by then a solo practitioner - to restore their home to the splendor to which they had grown accustomed and to enlarge it still further. Sperry this time added two more upper floors, disguised by a Mansard roof to look like only a single additional story from the Charles Street side of the building. Among the ten meeting rooms available for Masonic use were a Tudor Gothic one modeled on the Roslyn Chapel in Edinburgh, Scotland, and another room which recreated the interior of an Egyptian temple. The building also featured ornate lobbies, a marble staircase, stained-glass windows, and rococo chandeliers, pipe-organs, and two large kitchens. The Grand Lodge maintained its headquarters here until 1994, when the shift of Masonic membership to the suburbs finally decided it to move to the property it owns in Baltimore County's Hunt Valley. The Charles Street temple was put on the market, and acquired eventually by Baltimore attorney and developer Peter Angelos. The building was then remodeled and stands today as the Tremont Grand Hotel, however the cornerstone was brought here for preservation.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[stage1] Va gur anzr [Stage 2] Haqre n fgbar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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