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WELCOME ... to the Guelph Masonic Centre!

The Guelph Masonic Centre, with frontages on both Quebec Street and Chapel Lane in Downtown Guelph, has been the home of Freemasonry in Guelph for 110 years.

It is the geographic heart of Wellington Masonic District.

Our fraternal spaces support five Masonic Lodges, a Royal Arch Chapter (York Rite), a chapter of Rose Croix, and a Lodge of Perfection (both are Scottish Rite).

Our retail spaces are home to independent business owners who add to the mosaic of the Guelph downtown area, offering unique retail, educational, and personal care services.

Please feel free to browse around our site. It is designed to highlight not only the businesses that call our Guelph Masonic Centre home, but also to provide information and historical background of Freemasonry in The City of Guelph.

Our History...

The Craft Lodge Room of the Guelph Masonic Centre has been the home of Freemasonry in the City of Guelph since April 24 th, 1914.

This room has been consecrated ground for 110 years. The aim of our fraternity is to improve the morals and manners of men in society, to make them better than they were before, to the benefit of their friends, family, and community.

There is an original limestone building that was purchased by one of our brethren, Bro. Andrew Malcolm, and some time before 1914 he was convinced to make his planned addition suitable for the Masonic Temple, which at that time had rooms on Wyndham Street.

Bro. Malcolm was a real estate investor, and at his retirement in 1922, as a parting gesture of fraternal good-will, he gave the Masons of Guelph first opportunity to purchase the building. The Guelph Masonic Temple Limited was then formed, and shares were issued to members by a board of directors, in order to finance the $45,000 cost of the building.

The ornamental carpet was manufactured in Guelph specifically for this room. Bro. Joseph Saville Cook, who was the head designer at the Guelph Carpet and Worsted Spinning Mills, did some remarkable
work in designing this carpet, which, as you can see, has some rather complex patterns.

The carpet was woven on a jacquard loom, in runners that are 27 inches wide, with a repeating pattern at intervals of approximately 36 inches. It is stitched together by hand when it is installed.

The carpet mill sold two versions of this carpet; one a Wilton, which you see here, which was of a higher quality, and a Brussels, which had a lower thread count, and a more velvety appearance. There are still several lodges in Ontario, as well as at least one on the East Coast which still have this carpet.

All of the wood furniture in this room was brought to this room from the old lodge rooms on Wyndham Street. It is part of a matched suite, made by the Armstrong Furniture Factory. There is still some research being done on this, but at the present time, it is believed to be the factory of Fred Armstrong, which was located here in Guelph. | More History |

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