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Masonic Temple
![Masonic Temple Asylum, ca. 1930](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-inside-1930-59_491fd98b6f.jpg)
The Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center at 3615 Euclid Avenue was completed in 1921. The original plans for a high-rise office building addition to the temple, however, were never implemented. The Masonic Auditorium was home to the Cleveland Orchestra for ten years prior to the opening of Severance Hall in 1931, and it continued to be used as the setting for most of the orchestra's recordings long thereafter as a result of its fine acoustics. The building also is home to the Cleveland Masonic Library and Museum, as well as budding arts groups like: Dancing Wheels (a wheelchair ballet group), RED: An Orchestra (an avant-garde ensemble) and The Singing Angels (a youth choir).
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Cleveland's Masonic History Charles Berry details the history of Masonry in Ohio Source: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection
The Singing Angels Children's Choir William Boehm describes the origin of the Singing Angels Children's Choir which performs at the Masonic Hall Source: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection
Masonry's Growth after World War II Alan Jones discusses the growth of Masonry in postwar Cleveland Source: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection
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![Masonic Temple Asylum, ca. 1930](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-inside-1930-59_491fd98b6f.jpg)
![Masonic Temple Auditorium, ca. 1930](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-auditorium-1930-59_346538d5ca.jpg)
![Exterior, ca. 1920s](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-with-obelisks-1930-59_bddc4b1ba9.jpg)
![Masonic Temple, ca. 1920s.](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-without-facade_013f03d5fa.jpg)
![Cleveland Masons, ca. 1941](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/mason1_17376b920e.jpg)
![Old Masonic Temple, East 6th St.](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-old-e6th_afc0e8429d.jpg)
![1953 Townsend Plan Convention](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-old-e6th-townsend-plan-billboard_db25e36fc9.jpg)
![Masonic Temple, ca. 1940s](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/lg_mtemp-walker-weeks-facade_c2ffdffa17.jpg)
![Proposed Masonic Memorial Building](https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/fullsize/11bc1e0c11028656cc23e0336aa7b92e.jpg)
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