Exterior view of the Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th Street. First built as the Manhattan Opera House by Oscar Hammerstein I in 1906. In 1922 the Manhattan Opera House was purchased by the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry. The Masons built a new building façade with the inscription "Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite" which can still be seen today.
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Local Subjects
Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)
Theaters--New York (State)--New York
Freemasons
Note
Digital version published by City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.