The Grand (Baltimore, Maryland)

Among its ten main meeting rooms are Edinburgh Hall, modeled after the Tudor-style Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, and another which resembles an Egyptian temple.

During the Civil War years, the Grand Lodge served as a federal courthouse for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.

After the 1987 bicentennial Celebration of the founding of the Maryland Freemasons, the Masons decided to make use of a large parcel of land they owned north of the city for a new Grand Lodge.

City of Baltimore officials were unaware of plans for restoration and condemned the building in order to erect a much-needed parking structure on the land.

The project’s scope of work involved restoration and cleaning of exterior and all interior finishes, a new addition providing elevator and lobby access for floors 2 through 5, and a connector to The Tremont Plaza Hotel.