Renovations - Scottish Rite Center

The Scottish Rite Center is in the midst of a $3 million renovation. With your help we hope to achieve these renovations in the near future. Click on the link to see how you can donate to the 431 Foundation today.

Completed renovations include:

New restrooms in the Ballroom, mezzanine, and a handicap-accessible restroom
Paint and carpet in the Small Dining Room, with A/V capabilities added
Three phase power in auditorium as well as new electrical and stage lighting
Restoring terrazzo in the Horseshoe Lobby and painted ceiling
30-foot free-standing marquee with electronic sign
Update and add additional kitchen equipment
New neutral color paint on Ballroom columns and walls
Carpeting the Horseshoe Lobby
Painting and restoring the walls and doors of the Horseshoe Lobby
Painting and restoring scagliola in the foyer
New main stage curtains
New lower level seats in the Auditorium
New carpet

Upcoming renovations include:

New upper level seats in the Auditorium
Repaint Auditorium walls and proscenium
New ceiling and lighting in the Ballroom
Additional Handicap-Accessible elevator
Hydraulic orchestra pit in Auditorium
Replace exterior windows

Before

After

This photo of the Horseshoe Lobby, leading into the Auditorium, shows the former gray paint on the center columns and wooden doors painted red.

The columns and walls have been restored to their original colors and the doors were stripped to their natural wood.

Surrounding the Horseshoe Lobby, but hidden under gray paint and baseboard, is beautiful terrazzo. This photo shows a restored terrazzo column next to a wall ready for stripping.

The Horseshoe Lobby has now been stripped to reveal the terrazzo that for years had been hidden under paint and baseboard.

Walls and the ceiling of the Horseshoe Lobby had been a “battleship” gray for over 40 years. Even the chandeliers and ornate rosettes above them had been painted gray.

The Horseshoe Lobby ceiling now shines with a light sky blue paint, and gold paint now accents the rosettes in the ceiling and the design in the new carpeting. The walls have been restored to the original colors and new sconce lighting has been added.

A close-up of the beautiful rosette plasterwork above the lobby chandeliers, unfortunately dulled by the “battleship” gray paint of the lobby.

Gold metallic paint now adorns the rosettes in the lobby. All of the chandeliers are being restored to their original brass and copper finish with blue and burgundy color accenting, as shown in this photo.

Off-white paint covered the walls and bases. Doors were painted a dark Gray.

New colors now grace the walls and gorgeous scagliola was discovered underneath layers of paint and was restored.

Spring 2001 saw the beginning of construction on our 30-foot free-standing marquee, equipped with an electronic sign.

Completed marquee with faux stained glass installed in the upper arch.

The auditorium seating is the original 1925 seating installed by the Mizpah Shrine.

The lower level seats have been replaced with brand new historic-style seating in a new color palette.

The main curtain set was a light gray, aged with years of use, with a gold and green border, fraying at the edges.

A new dark green velvet curtain set with an elegant gold border has been installed to match the new color scheme.