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There are thousands of Masonic buildings around the world. These buildings can be named Masonic Temple, Masonic Building, Masonic Lodge, or Masonic Hall. This is a list of some notable Masonic buildings.

Many are architecturally, historically or culturally significant. Many are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Between 1870 and 1930 a large number of the Masonic buildings in the United States were built. Prominent American architects who designed them include Burnham & Root, Napoleon LeBrun, John Russell Pope, and John C. Austin.

Some buildings built by the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (more commonly known as the Shriners), a group that requires membership in the Freemasons as a prerequisite for joining can be classified as "Masonic Buildings", as they may serve as meeting places for regular Freemason lodges. Others can not.

Notable Masonic buildings

Bermuda

Canada

Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple, in Quebec, Canada

England

Hong Kong

Malaysia

  • Penang Masonic Temple, in Penang

United States

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AF&AM Lodge No. 3 in Orangeville Il

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Dayton Masonic Center, Dayton, Ohio

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Detroit Masonic Temple, Michigan

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Masonic Temple in Athens, Ohio

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House of the Temple in Washington, D.C.

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Shrine Auditorium in 2004

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Masonic Temple (Gainesville, Florida) in 2008

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Chicago Masonic Temple Building

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Masonic Temple (Quincy, Massachusetts) in 2009

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Minneapolis Masonic Temple, now the Hennepin Center for the Arts

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New York City Center

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George Washington Masonic National Memorial

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Masonic Temple (Washington, D.C.)

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Masonic Temple (Rock Springs, Wyoming)

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Masonic Temple, Guilford, Maine, 1916. Later demolished.

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Alaska

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

  • Masonic Temple (Providence, Rhode Island), listed in the National Register of Historic Buildings as "Veterans Memorial Auditorium—Masonic Temple", which are 2 separate buildings. The second building (the Masonic Temple) is now the Providence Renaissance Hotel

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

  • George Washington National Masonic Memorial, in Alexandria, Virginia is the only Masonic building supported and maintained by the 52 grand lodges of the United States. This is counter to common Masonic practice, where a building is only supported by the Grand Lodge of the state in which it resides. The building also houses the collection of Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, which contains most of the Masonic-fraternal artifacts of George Washington, a Mason.
  • Masonic Temple (Richmond, Virginia), an 1888 building that is asserted to be the finest example of Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture in Virginia, and, at its time of construction it was "one of the 'most magnificent examples of modern architecture in the South.'"
  • Mason's Hall (Richmond, Virginia), built 1785-1787, the oldest building built as a Masonic meetingplace and in continuous use for that purpose in the United States.
  • Hamilton Masonic Lodge, in Hamilton, Virginia, is a brick building built in 1873 in Italianate style. It was built to serve as a Masonic meetingplace and as a school for grades 1-12. The building's brickwork is seven-course American bond. It is "the only Masonic building in Loudoun County that follows the design principles of the Freemasons. From its outset until 1921, the building also served as a public school, and is significant as the finest surviving school building of its time."

Washington

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Spain

See also

References

  1. Burnham & Root designed the Masonic Temple (Chicago, Illinois). John Russell Pope, who also designed the Jefferson Memorial and other nationally prominent buildings, designed the [[Masonic House of the Temple, also in Washington, D.C. John C. Austin designed the Hollywood Masonic Temple and the Shrine Auditorium, both in Los Angeles.
  2. The Cloisters on English Heritage's Listed Buildings Online website
  3. Zetland Hall: Information
  4. Penang Masonic Temple
  5. James R. Marcotte (April, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Masonic Temple (AHRS Site No. FAI-032)Masonic Temple" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1979 and 1960s
  6. ^ U.S. National Park Service, National Register Information System, March 13, 2009 version.
  7. City of Long Beach Historic Landmarks
  8. City of Long Beach page for Masonic Temple
  9. Robert Dick Stoddart, Jr. (July, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Masonic Hall and Grand Theater / The Masonic Temple and Grand Opera House" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying two photos, exterior and interior, from 1971
  10. Doris Vandelipp Manley (September 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-08. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
  11. ^ Ben Levy and Cecil N. McKithan (February 26, 1973). "Template:PDFlink". National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Template:PDFlink
  12. Robert P. Winthrop (November 4, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Masonic Temple" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-06-16. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
  13. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (December, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mason's Hall" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-06-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
  14. Georjan D. Overman (August 27, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hamilton Masonic Lodge" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-06-17. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
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