Scottish Rite Building Sold

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind – A Terre Haute landmark has been sold.

The Terre Haute Scottish Rite of Freemasonry it building which was originally the Hippodrome Theater at 727 Ohio Street.

The group that has called the site home since 1957 will be moved out by the end of the month to a new site at Corporate Square.

The Trib-Star reports that an Indianapolis-area buyer has purchased the building that was built in 1915.

Declining membership of the fraternal group and increasing maintenance bills made the move necessary.

The site is on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

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