This stone had been buried at the Masonic Temple site. The symbol shows the Masonic compass and square and the letter 'G.'
For 83 years, the large symbol-laden stones waited to be found.
Down 30 feet in the earth, buried first beneath a theater and then a parking lot, they lingered in the dark. It was a far cry from when they graced the Rochester Masonic Temple in downtown Rochester and people looked up at them in curiosity and admiration.
And then, late last year, they saw the light again. ...