Editing Scottish Rite Masonic Center

[[Image:PerryHome.jpg|thumb|right|Scottish Rite Masonic Center]]The '''Scottish Rite Masonic Center''', also known as the '''Scottish Rite Hall''' or the '''Scottish Rite Temple''', and historically known as the '''Perry House''' after former occupant [[Edward A. Perry]], is located at 2 East [[Wright Street]].

The home was completed in [[1867]] and was built by [[Charles F. Boysen]].

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+[[Image:PerryHome.jpg|thumb|right|Scottish Rite Masonic Center]]The '''Scottish Rite Masonic Center''', also known as the '''Scottish Rite Hall''' or the '''Scottish Rite Temple''', and historically known as the '''Perry House''' after former occupant [[Edward A. Perry]], is located at 2 East [[Wright Street]].
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-|name=Scottish Rite Masonic Center<br/><small>also known as the Perry House</small>
-|location=2 East [[Wright Street]]
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-|client=
-|engineer=[[Charles F. Boysen]]
-|owner=[[First United Methodist Church|First Methodist Church]]
-|construction_start_date=[[1867]]
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-|renovations=[[1959]] (addition)<br/>[[2008]]
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-|size=Two stories
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-The '''Scottish Rite Masonic Center''', also known as the '''Scottish Rite Hall''' or the '''Scottish Rite Temple''', and historically known as the '''Perry House''' after former occupant [[Edward A. Perry]], is located at 2 East [[Wright Street]].
-[[Carl Frederick Boysen]], a Danish sea captain, began construction of the house in [[1867]]. It was still unfinished when it was purchased for $9,000 by [[Edward A. Perry]], then an attorney, on [[August 26]], [[1882]]. He was elected as Florida's thirteenth governor in [[1883]] and continued to live there until his death in [[1889]]. His widow sold the home to [[James Chaffin]] (again for $9,000) on [[April 25]], [[1900]]. It was used for many years thereafter as a boarding house.
+The home was completed in [[1867]] and was built by [[Charles F. Boysen]].
-The building was acquired by the [[A&A Scottish Rite|Scottish Rite Building Association]] in [[1922]]. A two-story annex on the north side of the house was added in [[1959]].
-In [[2007]], faced with dwindling membership, the Scottish Rite Freemasons agreed to sell the property to the adjacent [[First United Methodist Church]] for $2.53 million. The church is embarking on a $5 million capital campaign for the building and the necessary renovations.
-==Other images==
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-Image:ScottishRiteMasonic.jpg|Ten commandments marker
-Image:PerryHomeMarker.jpg|Historical marker
-</gallery>
-==References==
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-*"Church buying Scottish Rite site." ''Pensacola News Journal'', October 7, 2007.
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 [[Category:Historic homes]]