As fire raged through Rochester’s Masonic Temple building on the afternoon of Jan. 17, 1916, city officials placed an emergency call to Winona asking for help.

Masons of California reopened the Sonora Masonic Hall, built in 1850, on Saturday, and called it a grand opening celebration of its newest Masonic lodge, Sonora Lodge No. 887.

The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge on Auburn Avenue, built in 1940 and the first home to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the first Black-owned radio station, is set to be renovated ...

Jenna Causin, left, and Kat Halvorsen, right, with River Dragon Crafts crochet during the Easter Eggstravaganza at the Masonic Hall in Pottsville, Saturday, April 12, 2025.