A CENTRE FOR FREEMASONRY

The Vancouver Masonic Centre has been the Lower Mainland’s largest and most utilized Masonic building since the early 1970s.  It has recently undergone a rebirth and has been redeveloped into what will surely be recognized as one of North America’s premier modern Masonic facilities. This legacy project, which includes 150 units of rental housing and large banquet facilities is also home to the offices of the Grand Lodge of B.C. & Yukon and its Museum and Archives. Additionally, there are meeting rooms for Lodge and business meetings and a club space for social events. 

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

As you stand here you will note two features which speak to the importance of architecture and geometry in our fraternal organization, formally tracing its history to the late 1600s where the first Lodges in Scotland and England can be found. Along the eastern edge of the property the Five Orders of Architecture are symbolized by the five different pillars lining the walkway. To the left of the doors on 8th Avenue sits a representation in stone of the 47th Proposition, found in Euclid’s Elements, Book 1, also known as the Pythagorean Theorem. 

AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE

The building itself makes a statement about the confidence the Directors of the Vancouver Masonic Centre have in the future of Freemasonry in the Lower Mainland and this Grand Jurisdiction, and is only the most recent iteration of a long line of Masonic Temples that have dotted Vancouver for over a century. You can learn more about the Lodges and Concordant bodies that use this centre further down the page or pay us a visit.  

The previous Masonic Centre was completed in 1974, with the cornerstone laying in September 1984. The building was demolished in 2018 to make way for the new Vancouver Masonic Centre.