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In small towns, these were frequently the grandest and tallest buildings. Many of the buildings listed have received landmark status, either by being listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or listed by various State or City preservation agencies. In 2021, more than 400 Masonic buildings are listed here.
In the last century, several American Grand Lodges attempted to enumerate the landmarks, ranging from West Virginia (7) and New Jersey (10) to Nevada (39) and Kentucky (54). [10] In the 1950s the Commission on Information for Recognition of the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America upheld three "ancient landmarks": [11] [12]
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.
Masonic buildings — in the United States; Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. Masonic ...
The National Park Service recently declared four new sites as National Historic Landmarks. They are the First Peoples Buffalo Jump, George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Lafayette Park, and ...
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 Masonic Temple, a one-room schoolhouse and a 12-sided barn are on Indiana Landmarks' list of sites with an uncertain future. 10 most endangered historic buildings in 2024, according to ...
Kantrowitz, Stephen. " 'Intended for the Better Government of Man': The Political History of African American Freemasonry in the Era of Emancipation." Journal of American History 96#4, (2010), pp. 1001–26. online. Mackey, Albert Gallatin. The History of Freemasonry, Vol. 6 (Masonic History Co., NY, 1898) pages 1485-1486 online membership by ...