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[[Image:{{Infobox Building|image=PerryHome.jpg|thumb|rightcaption=|name=Scottish Rite Masonic Center<br/><small>also known as the Perry House</small>|location=2 East [[Wright Street]]|architect=|client=|engineer=[[Charles F. Boysen]]|owner=[[First United Methodist Church|First Methodist Church]]|construction_start_date=[[1867]]|completion_date=|renovations=[[1959]] (addition)<br/>[[2008]]|date_demolished=|cost=|structural_system=|style=|size=Two stories|mapcode=<googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.417314" lon="-87.21621" zoom="16" width="300" height="250">30.417064, -87.216039The Perry House</googlemap>}}
The home was completed [[Carl Frederick Boysen]], a Danish sea captain, began construction of the house in [[1867]] and . It was still unfinished when it was built purchased for $9,000 by [[Charles FEdward A. BoysenPerry]], 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 structure 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.
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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]].
==Other images==
Image:PerryHomeMarker.jpg|Historical marker
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==References==
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*"Church buying Scottish Rite site." ''Pensacola News Journal'', October 7, 2007.
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[[Category:Historic homes]]