A masonry story pole with braces includes: a.) an elongated vertical pole member for corner positioning to set horizontal lines for bricklaying, having a working area between a top end and a bottom end; b.) a bottom support bracket connected to the bottom end of the pole member; c.) a working area bracket connected to the working area of the pole member; d.) two brace connection members with rotation mechanism for rotation about a vertical axis and about a horizontal axis; and, e.) at least two braces. The working area bracket has the two brace connection members connected to it. Further, each brace is rotatably connected to one of the two brace connection members, and extends downwardly therefrom so as to be positioned away from the pole member to provide adjustable angle brace positioning. The braces can be attached to either a horizontal surface or a vertical surface.

A mason's guide system which has at least a pair of elongate bodies that have telescoping extensions of the bodies are provided to engage a floor and ceiling. The bodies are provided with longitudinally adjustable measuring tapes and a moveable marker for precisely locating a line at the same indicia marks on the tapes.