Freemason's Hall cnr Union Street Lyndoch Road

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Place type: Building
Address: 4 Lyndoch Road
Town or Locality: Gawler East
Year constructed: 1903
Built by: Alfred Wells. Architect
Used for: Freemason Lodge
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On the 5th December 1903 the Foundation stone for this building was laid by Chief Justice Sir Samuel Way. The architect was Alfred Wells. The building was opened on 29th of April 1904. The building and land cost 880 pounds, and the furniture was another 130 pounds.

The building was to provide accommodation for the Gawler branch of the Lodge of Fidelity, Freemasons. The lodge started in Gawler in 1849 and held meetings in the Old Spot Hotel, Globe Hotel, Institute and a building formerly used as a branch of the Bank of Adelaide before building on Lyndoch Road.


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