Bob Franks
Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer
[from the North Carolina Lodge Manual, by Charles F. Bahnson, PM, pages 59-60]
"It was supported by fourteen hundred and fifty-three columns, and two thousand nine hundred six pilasters, all hewn from the finest parian marble."
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"It was supported by fourteen hundred and fifty-three columns, and two thousand nine hundred six pilasters, all hewn from the finest parian marble."
S&F