Masonic Center Could House Apartments
Once slated to be a hotel with a new tower, historic downtown building would now become housing. By Jeramey Jannene - Feb 3rd, 2021 01:39 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Historic Scottish Rite Masonic Temple. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
A new building permit application submitted to the city reveals a change in course for the future of the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 790 N. Van Buren St.
Ascendant Holdings introduced a plan in 2016 to build a hotel tower atop the three-story building. But those plans, ultimately approved in late 2017 to include a 14-story tower with 215 rooms, haven’t advanced to construction.
Denver never did get its Trump Tower.
Back in 2006, Donald Trump the New York developer then best known for his yellow pompadour and starring role on
The Apprentice had just seen his $1 billion bid to redevelop Union Station shot down (his team’s six-paragraph proposal was considered “non-responsive” to the application requirements), but he didn’t give up on the Mile High City. Instead, Trump came back with a plan to construct the tallest building in town, one filled with a luxury hotel and condos, right at the corner of 18th Avenue and Sherman Street.
To make that plan concrete, he put the circa 1906 El Jebel Temple at 1770 Sherman and its three adjacent parking lots under contract for $22 million, and hired Denver architect David Tryba to design a sixty-or-so-story tower that would “complement and be a juxtaposition to the historic El Jebel building,” Tryba told the
Dec 11, 2020
James L. Blackford, Sr., 89, of Martinsburg passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. Born on August 27, 1931 in Bardane, WV he was the son of the late Harry and Susan Blackford. “Big Jim” as he came to be called, enlisted in the US Army and served during the Korean Conflict. After being honorably discharged from the Army, Jim drove a truck at night and attended Shepherd University during the day, graduating from Shepherd University with a BS Degree.
Jim joined the 167th WV ANG as a computer programmer and later transferred to Civil Engineering, where he retired as a Master Sergeant. While employed with the 167th WV ANG he was one of the founding fathers of the 167th Federal Credit Union and was the last of the charter members. Jim was a member of the 167th WV ANG bowling team and enjoyed traveling to many locations around the country.