The newspaper described the planned building as one that would be "dedicated to Almighty God and for the purpose of developing he highest standards of and character in the manhood of the city.

"[2] In October 1921, the Morning Call announced that construction of the new temple would begin "very shortly," explaining that the building committee had chosen R. G. Schmidt of R. G. Schmidt & Company to serve as both the architect and contractor for the project, and adding that leaders of the Masonic fraternity in Allentown had just made their final payment on the land for the building's planned location at the corner of Fulton and Linden streets within the past week.

[3] Built between 1923 and 1925, this five-story structure made of limestone was erected on a reinforced concrete foundation, and was designed in the Neoclassical architectural style.

[4] The cornerstone was laid on July 16, 1923 in a special ceremony presided over by Abraham M. Beitler, the grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.

[4] In early 1928, General Harry Clay Trexler donated two thousand Masonic-related books to the Allentown Masonic Temple to create "the largest and most complete private Masonic library in the State" that was "to be excelled by few, if any, private libraries anywhere, not only as to the condition of the works, but also as to the nature of the volumes.