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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Bronze Medal: The Old Round House. New York.
Classification:- Building; Commemorative
Country of Origin:- USA -
Description
Silver (four only struck), bronze, copper, and white metal. The dies were cut by G. H. Lovett, of New York, and the medals struck by order of Thomas Warner, of Cohocton, N.Y., in 1877, an initiate and member of Olive Branch Lodge.
OBVERSE.—The square and compasses, enclosing the letter- “ G ;“ an olive branch entwined with the compasses. Under the square, “D D WITT CLINTON, G.M.,” below which is a level. Legend, “Olive Branch [ ] No. 39. Chartered 5813.”
REVERSE.—View of a building erected for a Masonic Temple, and afterwards used as a school house. Legend, “The old round house, Le Roy, N.Y.” In exergue, “Erected 1826 Demolished 1857,” in two lines, the second curving.
The Old Round House at Le Roy was distingnished in that neighbourhood from the circumstance that William Morgan, whose abduction and murder were charged upon Masons (which gave rise to the anti-Masonic excitement of 1826 and following years), is said to have aided in its erection as an operative Mason. The reverse is found with an obverse not Masonic :—Within a wreath of oak leaves a burning lamp, above the inscription, “Dedicated to the scholars who received instruction within its walls,” in seven lines.
Properties
35 mm. Brass.
