Yogi said:
Boernebear said:
It's coming together nicely - looks great!
Hard to believe that was the old child support court.
None of those mothers could afford this place...
This was built by the karem Shrine and sold as part of a scheme to sell the potentate's land out in China Spring in a HUGE controversy. That chestboard floor is the floor of a masonic blue lodge. The shrine has never returned to its former glory as a Waco organization since the unfortunate move to the outskirts of Waco.
You will notice very little mention of the solely Masonic history of the new hotel by it's new owners due to the apparent fear of scaring idiots away with the supposedly occultist bendings of freemasonry.
And for those dumbasses on this board who wish to argue the that Masons are going to hell like my frat brother did to me during pledging, I will just add that not only every president of Baylor prior to sloan was a mason, the namesake of our seminary was a mason, on and on.,
Oh, and I forgot to mention,
It sure was fun going through my York Rite degrees with coach teaff.
Mic drop.