Description
The Scottish Ceremony Cathedral, easily essentially the most prominent edifice in Lawrence County, overlooks town underneath and consummated the dream of 6,000 dedicated Masons in 1925. Home to just about a dozen Masonic organizations, the building contained the most important stage between New York and Chicago and the earliest cantilevered balcony in Pennsylvania. The 2,800-seat auditorium hosted notable performers like Johnny Cash, Benny Goodman, Reba McEntire, Jerry Seinfeld, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Its kitchen and dining rooms served meals to more than 1,800 at more than a few times. Unbelievably, the development of the Scottish Ceremony Cathedral required 2,000,000 not unusual bricks and 600,000 face bricks, and the insurance company appraised the building at a replacement worth of more than $65 million.