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The church was built about 1875, and was a one-story, Carpenter Gothic style building. It was built by a Presbyterian congregation, then moved to its final location and used by the African-American Eastern Star Baptist Church starting in 1906. [2] It has been demolished. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris , a noted Freemason, and adopted and approved as an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity in 1873.
Eastern Star may refer to: Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasonry-related fraternal organization; Eastern Star Baptist Church, historic Baptist church in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States; MV Eastern Star, or Dong Fang Zhi Xing, Chinese ship; Eastern Star FC, football club from Vientiane, Laos
The Perry Belmont House, sometimes referred to as the International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star, though there are no ritual or ceremonial spaces in the building, is the world headquarters of the General Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, one of several organizations affiliated with Freemasonry.
Pond, Annie M. 1950. Interesting Historical Data. Order of the Eastern Star, Order of the Eastern Star, New York, NY. Order of the Eastern Star of the State of New York. Robertson, J. Ross. (1899). The History of Freemasonry in Canada From Its Introduction in 1749.Vol. II. Toronto, Canada. The Hunter Rose Co. Rosenburg, Charles E. 1987.
The idea for the creation of an Order of the Eastern Star for black women was first proposed by William Myers, a Grand Master in the Prince Hall Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. With Georgiana Thomas he set about getting the ritual and organization approved by the official of the Lodge and the first Chapter of the Prince Hall Order of ...
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The Order of the Amaranth is a Masonic-affiliated organization for Master Masons and their Ladies founded in 1873.As in the Order of the Eastern Star, members of the Order must be age 18 and older; men must be Master Masons; and women must be related to Masons as wives, mothers, daughters, widows, sisters, nieces, aunts, et cetera, or have been active members of the International Order of the ...