Our Lodge Hall

Stated Communication — Second Thursday · 7:00 PM │ Dinner at 6:00 PM · Guests Welcome

Frank E. Edbrooke was the architect who shaped more of Denver's defining buildings than any other man of his era. His work includes the Brown Palace Hotel, the Colorado State Capitol's interior finishing, and several of the city's most enduring civic structures.

When Denver's Masonic community commissioned a temple worthy of the Craft, they hired the best architect in the city. Edbrooke arrived in Denver in 1879 and never left — within a decade, F.E. Edbrooke & Company was the largest architectural firm in Colorado. He was a founding member of the Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects, a Civil War veteran, and a man who wrote that his guiding principle had always been "truth and honesty in all things."

He was also a Mason. When the Grand Lodge of Colorado broke ground for its new temple, Edbrooke was the natural choice — and a motivated one. The result is a building that reflects both the ambitions of Denver in its boom years and the values of the men who built it: substantial, dignified, and built to endure.

The cornerstone was laid in April 1889 using Manitou sandstone quarried from Colorado's own mountains, with a base of Pikes Peak granite. On St. John's Day — June 24, 1890 — approximately a thousand Masons from lodges and bodies across Colorado paraded to the completed temple on Welton Street. The National Register of Historic Places recognized it in November 1977.

The lodge room at 1614 Welton Street is where the work of Centennial Lodge No. 84 happens. It is where degrees have been conferred for generations, where Brothers have taken their obligations, and where the ritual of the Craft has been practiced and preserved.

Lodge rooms carry a weight that is difficult to describe to someone who has not stood in one. This one has been standing since before Colorado had paved roads. The men who built it are long gone, but the room remains — and the work continues.

If you are visiting Denver and wish to see the temple, the building is best experienced on a meeting night when the lodge is active. Traveling Masons are welcome to attend our Stated Communications — see our page for visiting Brothers for details on recognition and what to bring.