53
ZETLAND
HALL
THE NEW
MASONIC
TEMPLE
ON
KENNEDY ROAD
On 3rd April, 1949, the cornerstone was laid for the new Masonic Temple on Kennedy Road in an impressive and colour- ful ceremony,
The cornerstone was laid by the Rt. Worshipful Brother C. Bernard Brown, District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, English Constitution; Rt. Worshipful Brother Arthur Anderson Dand, Hon. J. G. W. and District Grand Master, Hong Kong and South China, Scottish Constitution; assisted by office bearers in District and Local Lodges, an.1 was attended by the officers and brethren of all Lodges of the Irish, Scottish and English Constitutions.
A line drawing of the front elevation
of the building.
The first Masonic Hall, the cornerstone for which was laid in 1853, was located on Zetland Street, just off Queen's Road. This Hall was rebuilt in 1865, and was destroyed and con:- pletely looted during the fighting and subsequent occupation of Hong Kong by the Japanese.
In order to obtain funds for the purpose of building suitable new headquarters for Masonic activities, the original site on Zetland Street was sold to the Hong Kong Electric Co., the proceeds of which sale were sufficient to purchase a smaller, less valuable site on Kennedy Road, leaving a sub- stantial balance to be utilised for the erection of the new hail.
Three photographs taken at the ceremony of the laying of the corner stone. (Photos by Gainsborough),
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