This room is the home of Andrew Jackson Lodge No. 120 which meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

On viewing this stately room for the first time, many visitors are seized with a sense of reverence and awe; they seem particularly impressed with the architectural dignity, reminiscent of a Cathedral of the Middle Ages.

The room follows the ecclesiastical Gothic style of architecture, and represents a departure from the rest of the building. The exposed dark oak beams of its arched ceiling extend a part of their length downward at the sides giving an impression of great physical strength and spiritual security. The eight 6' high lights suspended from the ceiling are wrought in copper after the Norman manner and, complimented by smaller ones of the same description about the walls, add to the grandeur of the room.

Supplementing the seating on the main floor is a balcony on three sides with an alcove in the rear section containing an organ. There is a stage of ample proportions viewed through a proscenium arch heavily draped in rich velour. The stage completes the appointments of a room notable not only for its exciting beauty, but recognizable as one possessing utilitarian properties as well.

Also meeting in the North Lodge Room are: Mount Vernon Chapter No. 14, Royal Arch Masons; Old Dominion Commandery No. 11, Knights Templar:; A. Douglas Smith, Jr. Lodge of Research No. 1949; Martha Washington Chapter No. 42, Order of the Eastern Star; Bethel No. 22, International Order of Jobs Daughters; Alexandria-Washington Chapter, DeMolay International; and Temple Forest No. 136, Tall Cedars of Lebanon.

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