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Originally Posted by Ed Workman
Well you have me confused
If that's Olive , okay, but what's the cross street?
I interpreted your message as that being 4th
And where is the Masonic Bldg- not yet built?.
It was on the west side of Hill St Station, several stories right on the property line
regards
Ed Hmmmm I wonder if I have my compass rotated 90
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Yes, we're looking southeast across Olive and 4th Streets and I believe the Masonic building you're looking for is the building with all the advertising on it that I've identified as being the PE building which technically it is. On Baist maps of the period, this building is shown as being the offices for the PE and the PE Club Building but it is in fact also the Masonic building at the same time. Here's a shot of it in about 1920...
P.E. Hill Street Station, ca.1920
Next door to the Masonic Temple built in 1896. The P.E. Hill Street Station served an outdoor railhead which sat just out of frame to the right. Large building directly behind the Masonic Lodge is the Trenton on Olive.
USC digital archive/Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
As you can see it is south of the PE terminal, rather than west.