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The Masonic Temple Building, built in 1907, is an historic Prince Hall Masonic building located at 427 South Blount Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.. On May 3, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, for its social contributions to Black history. [1] [2]
North Carolina Prince Hall Grand Lodge of North Carolina [10] [142] 1870 [20] 263 10,315 [13] PHCGM, PHA: United States North Carolina St. James Grand Lodge, Prince Hall Origin [17] National Compact: United States North Dakota Grand Lodge of North Dakota [10] [143] 1889 [12] 45 2,977 [13] CGMNA: United States Ohio Eureka Grand Lodge [17 ...
It is currently composed of 354 active lodges across the 100 counties of North Carolina. [2] The Grand Lodge recognizes its Prince Hall counterpart, The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of North Carolina and its Jurisdictions, Inc., and maintains co-territorial jurisdiction and encourages visitation between the two entities.
The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Caribbean was founded with the assistance of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New York. It is based in Christ Church, Barbados, the location of Prince Hall's birth. [22] A monument to Prince Hall has been erected outside the Grand Lodge building. [23]
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in North America. 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).
Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry for African Americans, founded by black activist Prince Hall in 1784. [9] There are two main branches: the independent State Prince Hall Grand Lodges, most of which are recognized by White Masonic jurisdictions, and those under the jurisdiction of the National Grand Lodge .
Hall was born between 1735 and 1738. [3] [4] [a] His place of birth and parents are also unclear.[5] [b] Hall mentioned in his writings that New England was his homeland.The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in its Proceedings of 1906, opted for 1738, relying on a letter from Reverend Jeremy Belknap, a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society. [5]
Hilton was Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of North America for ten years. In his honor, the Lynn, Massachusetts lodge was named the John T. Hilton Lodge. [5] He was the first of Boston's African-American men to have "a portrait commissioned by Prince Hall Masonic Lodge." [1]