the foundation stone of the new synagogue was laid 28 february 1926 (the contractor being h h eilenberg) and the synagogue was consecrated on 13 march 1927. the ladies` gallery was also extended in 1957–1958 to designs by plottel. the masonic club, in the heart of the city at 164 to 170 flinders street, in 1927 again featured the extensive use of decorative brickwork, this time in a variation of the neo grec theme, showing the style's usual chaste ornament, formed by swags, antefixes and a shallow pediment.