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Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry created for African Americans founded by Prince Hall on September 29, 1784. Prince Hall Freemasonry is the oldest and largest (300,000+ initiated members) predominantly African-American fraternity in the United States.
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).
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]
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. 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).
In 1847, the African Grand Lodge changed its name to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, in honor of their founding Grand Master. Other Prince Hall Grand Lodges were formed in other states, and today there are 47 Prince Hall Grand Lodges who trace their lineage to the original African Lodge. [8] [9]
Prince Hall Masonic Lodges (1 P) Pages in category "Prince Hall Freemasonry" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge in Atlanta, Georgia started in construction in 1937 and was completed in 1940. [1] It is a historic Prince Hall Masonic building located at 330 Auburn Avenue . An addition was added in 1941.
Villa Blye in Paola, Malta, is a Masonic Temple where lodges of British and Irish Freemasons meet Masonic lodge room in the Austrian Museum of Freemasonry, Schloss Rosenau, Austria Masonic lodge room in Dublin, Ireland. Freemasons meet as a lodge, not in a lodge. In this context, the word "lodge" refers to a local chapter of Freemasons, meeting ...