Celebrating History: Groundbreaking held for Masonic Temple

From Emily Mayer

In last week’s article, I mentioned the James Holland, Sr. home was located at 504 Second Street. This caused a bit of exciting intrigue, and I would like to share it with readers of this column.

I found this information in the 1915-1916 Polk Directory, which lists “James G. Holland” living at 504 Second Street. It lists other members of the Holland family living at 501 Second Street, so the 504 address was a typographical error. The directory also records M. A. Holland living at 502 Eleventh Street and Dorothy Holland living at 504 Eleventh Street. I kept thinking James Holla...