Henry Clay Frick was a Freemason, Knights Templar, and Rosicrucian obsessed with crossing the boundary between life and death. He operated a Native American museum with mummies and was the lone voice preserving a massive mound at The Point in Pittsburgh — now a parking lot — building the Frick Building directly into it to block sunlight from Carnegie's building.
Henry Clay Frick's esoteric obsessions and preservation of Pittsburgh moundssupernatural
Key facts
- Henry Clay Frick died in 1919; his daughter Helen Clay Frick became executor of his estate and was still alive into the 1990s
- Frick was a Freemason, Knights Templar, and member of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, obsessed with crossing the boundary between life and death after losing his daughter
- Frick operated a Native American museum that housed mummies, potentially sourced from his mining operations in western Pennsylvania where workers reported unusual finds
- Frick was the lone voice in support of preserving a massive mound at The Point in downtown Pittsburgh, which was ultimately demolished and is now a parking lot
- Frick built the Frick Building into the side of the mound, intentionally to block sunlight from the adjacent Carnegie Building
- Paul contacted Martha Frick Symington Sanger, Frick's great-great-granddaughter, who confirmed the treasure hunt was real
Site mentioned
📍 Friar's Point Mound (Cairn III)🌍 Show on the globe
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Frick Building - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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