Mason's Hall (Richmond, Virginia)
Masons' Hall
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Exterior of Masons' Hall
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Location | 1807 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia |
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Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1785 |
NRHP Reference # | 73002220[1] |
VLR # | 127-0019 |
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Added to NRHP | July 2, 1973 |
Designated VLR | January 16, 1973[2] |
Masons' Hall, located in Richmond, Virginia was built during 1785 to 1787 by Richmond Lodge No.10. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
At the time of its NRHP listing, it was the oldest Masonic building in the United States that was built as a Masonic meetingplace and used continuously for that purpose, and one of few surviving buildings from the 18th century in Richmond. It was reportedly protected from fire by the command of a Union general, also a Mason, when the Union army occupied Richmond in 1865.[3]
An early non-Masonic meeting held there provided instruction to Virginia's delegates to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.[3]
The building has an octagonal cupola.[3]
See also
- Masonic Temple (Richmond, Virginia), also NRHP-listed
References
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Mason's Hall, 1805 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA: 2 photos, 13 measured drawings and 4 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
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- Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia
- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia
- Masonic buildings completed in 1787
- Buildings and structures in Richmond, Virginia
- Masonic buildings in Virginia
- 1787 establishments in Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs