[3][4] Orphan Blake R. Van Leer was the only boy in 1909, went on to become president of Georgia Tech and civil rights advocate.

Later, widows moved to a location in nearby Arlington (closed nearly a century later during the construction of Cowboys Stadium) and the home was opened to non-Masonic orphans.

[7] Its 1930s football teams are the subject of a 2007 book by Jim Dent, Twelve Mighty Orphans.

[8] In 1995, the Masonic Home won the TAPPS Class 1A State Football Championship in Groesbeck, Texas.

The school closed in 2005 due to lack of funding because of a 6.9 million dollar sexual abuse settlement.