Support the community Appeal at our Go Fund Me!

 https://gofund.me/36a0a26c

Announcements Update! August 8, 2025

Hello Masonic Home supporters!

Hope you’re having a fantastic summer! The Final EIS for the Masonic Home came out on July 31, 2025. The Demolition Permit was issued today, 8/8/25.

https://www.desmoineswa.gov/departments/planning_and_building/plan_development/current_projects

We have filed a community based Appeal and welcome all to join. We have retained the attorney services of Bricklin and Newman to support our Appeal and believe we have a strong case and will prevail. We have already raised over $11,000 to hire attorneys and would like to raise up to $50,000 to strengthen our case, hire experts to testify on key issues, and cover legal expenses. We have started a Go Fund Me at the following link, Any amount you can contribute will help us greatly and is greatly appreciated. If check or cash options are preferable, let us know. Also, please share widely:

https://gofund.me/36a0a26c

We will also need people to testify during the court case on key issues. If you submitted comments for the Draft EIS, we would love to have you share those in-person on the date of the court case in Des Moines City Hall. That will likely be sometime in September. If you cannot make it, written testimony will work too. Please let us know if you’d like to participate in witness testimony, either in-person or written.

In addition, if you have connections to anyone with professional credentials on key issues for why the Masonic Home should be protected and revitalized, please let us know. We need professional experts to testify on our behalf!

Thanks for all your support over the last 3 years! It’s all coming to a head and now is the time for us to unite and protect this architectural marvel and treasure of our world class cultural heritage.

Let’s do this!

Lloyd Lytle Jr.

Barbara McMichael

Please sign and share our petition with any supporters you know or on social media with this link or use QR code at bottom of page:  http://tinyurl.com/preservelandmarkonthesound