Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located National Mall Adjacent to 14th Street, between Constitution Avenue, N.W. & Independence Avenue, S.W Washington District of Columbia
Date:
1851. Installed 1885
Notes:
Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 123.
Image on file.
Jacob, Judith M., "The Washington Monument: A Technical History and Catalog of the Commemorative Stones," Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005, pg. 123.
GRAND LODGE / OF PENNA A.Y.M. / FROM THE/KEY STONE/STATE/A.D. 1851 A.L. 5851/
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Summary:
The stone is carved in relief with a keystone flanked by two angels and two landscape scenes, depicting on the left, a well with a hillside and trees, and on the right the landscape depicts a ramshackle building. Above the landscape scenes is a banner incised with AD MAJOREM SUPREMI ARCHITECTI GLORIAM. The keystone bears a circular emblem divided into four sections carved with images of a lion, a prophet, a cow, and an eagle. Above the circular emblem, the keystone is carved in relief with HOLINESS TO THE LORD, and below the circular emblem, the keystone id carved in relief with FROM THE/KEY STONE/STATE/A.D. 1851 A.L. 5851. An archway at the base of the keystone is carved in relief on the left with GRAND LODGE and on the right with OF PENNA A.Y.M.
