List of Masonic buildings
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List of Masonic buildings identifies notable buildings around the world that were constructed by Masonic bodies, or were converted to Masonic purposes by the fraternity.
Many of the buildings on this list were purpose-built to house Masonic lodge meetings and ritual activities. In other cases, Masonic bodies converted existing landmark buildings to Masonic use.[1] Also included are buildings constructed by the Freemasons as part of their charitable endeavors (such as hospitals and schools). This list is intended to include any building having some form of landmark status such as being listed on a heritage registers.
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Buildings currently used by Masonic bodies
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
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- Barcaldine Masonic Temple
- Blackall Masonic Temple
- Masonic Temple, Brisbane, Brisbane Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Cairns Masonic Temple
- Charters Towers Masonic Lodge
- St George's Masonic Centre, Warwick, Warwick[3]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Isis Masonic Lodge, Childers Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Mackay Masonic Temple
- Mount Morgan Masonic Temple, Mount Morgan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Mount Perry Masonic Lodge
- Rockhampton Masonic Hall
- Yangan Masonic Hall, Yangan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
South Australia
- Freemasons Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide[4][5][6][7]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Victoria
- Collingwood United Masonic Temple, Abbotsford, Victoria[8][9]
- Creswick Masonic Centre, Creswick, Victoria[10][11][12]
- Ivalda Masonic Temple, Darebin, Victoria, Australia[13][14]
Western Australia
- Masonic Temple (134 Burt Street, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), constructed 1901-02 in Federation Academic Classical style, "an expression of community wealth and prominence"[15]
- Masonic Temple (26 Egan Street, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), pink sandstone building constructed in 1899 in Federation Academic Classical style
Tasmania
Bermuda
- State House, St. George's - The oldest stone building in Bermuda, it housed Bermuda's Parliament from 1620 until 1815, when the capital was relocated to Hamilton. Since 1815 it has been leased in perpetuity to a Masonic Lodge.
Canada
Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple, in Quebec, Canada
Alberta
- Masonic Hall Museum,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. on "1905 St" in Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton
Quebec
Denmark
- Freemasons' Hall, CopenhagenLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Hong Kong
- Zetland Hall is the headquarters of the District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and the Far East.[18] Hong Kong Freemasons built the first Zetland Hall in 1865 and used it until it was destroyed in an air raid in 1944.[19] In 1949 it was replaced by the second Zetland Hall.
India
- Goshamal Baradari, in Hyderabad, India, built in 1682,[20] and donated to the fraternity in 1872 by the Nizam of Hyderabad,[21]
Malaysia
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Zaragoza Masonic Lodge, Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Philippines
Metro Manila
- Plaridel Masonic Temple, Gen. Luna St, Paco, Manila
- Masonic Temple at Escolta, Manila, on the Pasig River, apparently the tallest building in the "Wall Street of the Philippines" area in the 1910s.[23]
- Jacobo Zobel Masonic Temple, Makati City[24][25]
- Capitol Masonic Temple, Quezon City[26][27]
Visayas
- Aklan Masonic Temple, Kalibo, Aklan
- Bacolod Masonic Temple, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
- Cebu Masonic Temple, Cebu City, Cebu
- Iloilo Masonic Temple, Iloilo City, Iloilo
Mindanao
- Maguindanao Masonic Temple, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
- Kitanglay Masonic Temple, Gimampang, Misamis Oriental
Spain
Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
England
- London
- Freemasons' Hall, London is the home of the United Grand Lodge of England[28]
- Headquarters, Order of Women Freemasons, a 19th-century building at 27 Pembridge Gardens, Notting Hill, which is a Grade II listed building, that since 1924 has been home of Order of Women Freemasons
- Cheltenham Masonic Hall Grade II* listed.[29]
- The Cloisters, Letchworth is a Grade II* listed building.[30]
- The Hanging Chapel in Langport is a Grade I listed building[31] and a Scheduled Ancient Monument[32] that became a masonic hall in 1891.
- Old Orchard Street Theatre, Bath Theatre and church which became a masonic hall in 1865.
- Phoenix Lodge, Sunderland. A Grade I listed building with the longest continuous usage of a Masonic meeting place in the world.[33]
- Royal Masonic School for Boys in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
- Royal Masonic School in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. (Chapel is Grade II listed).[34]
Scotland
- The building used by Lodge Mother Kilwinning Kilwinning, Ayrshire, consecrated in 1893, includes a museum of Masonic artefacts. The lodge traces its history to the building of Kilwinning Abbey, circa 1140. The current lodge building replaced a lodge building that was erected in 1779.[35]
- Pollokshields Burgh Hall in Glasgow, meeting place for Lodge Pollok, Pollokshields No. 772.
United States
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Buildings formerly used by Masonic bodies
Australia
- Artarmon Masonic Centre, Artarmon, New South Wales - The original 1923 building was sold to a developer in the 1990s and demolished.[36]
- Cooroora Masonic Temple - Pomona, Queensland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Townsville Masonic Hall - Townsville, Queensland
- The Capital - Bendigo (formerly Bendigo Masonic Hall[37]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Dallas Brooks Centre, Melbourne,[38][39] concert hall built in 1969 as "Dallas Brooks Hall", by the United Grand Lodge Victoria (UGLV). Renamed in 1993 and demolished. Now an apartment and business complex.
- Urwin's Store - Toodyay, Western Australia. The local Masonic Lodge rented the upstairs rooms from 1899 to 1924 before moving to its current premises.
- Freemasons Hospital, MelbourneLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. - Listed on the Victorian Heritage Database.[40] Originally constructed by the United Grand Lodge of Victoria as a "intermediate" or "community" hospital for Freemasons and their families. The hospital was purchased in 2006 by ING Real Estate in 2006, and leased to Epworth Healthcare.[41]
Canada
- Masonic Temple (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) - Designated a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador in April 1995. The last Masonic meeting in the temple was held in June 2007. The Masonic Temple has since been sold, and there is no longer any Masonic connection with the building, and no Masonic events are held there. The building is currently owned by Spirit of Newfoundland, and used mainly by artists of all artistic genres, with the core business being dinner and show.[42]
- CTV Temple-Masonic Temple in Toronto - Added to the City of Toronto Heritage Property Inventory in 1974, and designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1997. Originally constructed as a Masonic Hall, the building has changed hands a number of times. From the 1960s through the 1990s, it housed a succession of live music clubs. Later in the 1990s, it was the home of Open Mike with Mike Bullard, and was one of CTV Toronto's news bureaus. From March 2006, the building became the broadcast home of the new MTV Canada. On June 17, 2013, the building was purchased by the Info-Tech Research Group. Info-Tech announced that its plans for the building include staging an annual charity rock concert in the auditorium.[43]
Liberia
Former Masonic lodge building in Monrovia, 2006
- Monrovia - During the First Liberian Civil War, the Masonic hall in Monrovia was the scene of many battles.[44] and its ruins became home to 8000 squatters.[45] The Masons managed to evict them by 2005[45] and there are plans to rebuild the lodge.
Pakistan
- Masonic Temple, Lahore; meeting place for Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No. 782
- Freemasons Lodge Building, Karachi. Built by the Freemason’s Trust before World War I; now used by the Sindh Wildlife Department Conservator; renovations began in circa 2008.[46]
United States
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See also
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References
- ↑ William D. Moore (2006), Masonic temples: Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes, University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1-57233-496-7, ISBN 978-1-57233-496-0.
- ↑ Sydney Masonic Centre
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- ↑ Adelaide Masonic Centre Museum in the building
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- ↑ Creswick Masonic Hall (Steve Hall photo)
- ↑ Creswick Havilah Lodge (same?)
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- ↑ currently used by Fairfield Lodge per a lodge website
- ↑ Masonic Temple, 134 Burt Street, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
- ↑ Masonic Temple, 26 Egan Street, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
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- ↑ Information, Zetland Lodge website, accessed July 23, 2010
- ↑ History of Zetland Hall, Zetland Lodge website, accessed July 23, 2010
- ↑ Masonic Lodge and Picquet Tank, Secunderabad, British Library, accessed September 1, 2010
- ↑ Goshamahal Baradari Masonic Hall
- ↑ History of the Masonic Temple building in Penang, Prince of Wales Lodge Accessed, 1 Sept 2010
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- ↑ Mother Kilwinning History, Mother Kilwinning Lodge website, accessed August 31, 2010
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- ↑ Melbourne Masonic Centre
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- ↑ Freemasons Hospital listing on the Victorian Heritage Database
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- ↑ History of the Masonic Temple by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
- ↑ http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/02/torontos-iconic-masonic-temple-is-closing
- ↑ Old Ruling Elite Making a Comeback in Liberia, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press, September 29, 2001.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Liberia- No More War, Jessie Deeter, Frontline (PBS), May 2005.
- ↑ Amar Guriro, Renovation of the historical Freemason Lodge initiated, Daily Times (Pakistan), January 4, 2009
