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Hampton Masonic Lodge Building: 1920 built 2008 NRHP-listed 115 S. 2nd St. Hampton, Arkansas: Early Commercial style. [3] Built as a commercial building, the Hampton Masonic Lodge was the first tenant in the upstairs space. [22]
List of Masonic buildings identifies notable buildings around the world associated with Freemasonry. Often these are significant landmarks in their towns or cities, and reflect the influence of Masons at one time. Most are buildings built for exclusive or shared use by Masonic lodges, Grand Lodges or other Masonic bodies. Many include original ...
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in United States. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
The new cornerstone will be displayed inside the building.. Wayne A. Fisher, grand orator of the Grand Lodge of Ohio F & AM, delivered a speech about the original dedication day, Nov. 9, 1924.
Alamo Lodge No. 44, A.F.& A.M., is the oldest Masonic lodge in Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas, under the jurisdiction of the regular Grand Lodge of Texas.The lodge was granted a charter by the Grand Lodge of Texas on January 15, 1848; it is honored by a plaque on the South Wall of the Alamo's long barrack, hailing the lodge as the "Birthplace of Freemasonry in West Texas."
Masonic buildings — in the United States; Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. Masonic ...
Joseph Brant (1743–1807), principal chief of the Six Nations people. Initiated in Lodge No. 417, 1776. First Master of Lodge No. 11, Mohawk Village (near Brantford) in 1798. [79] Charles Wesley Brashares (1891–1982), American bishop of the Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church. Raised in Harmony Lodge No. 38, Gorham, Maine ...
A battle with the Commonwealth over the Grand Lodge Acts of Incorporation caused the Grand Lodge to sell the building to Brother Robert Gould Shaw, who sold it back to the Grand Lodge in 1835 after anti-Masonic feelings calmed down. The building was sold to the U.S. government for $105,000 for use as a federal courthouse in 1857, because it was ...