The Home for Aged Masons, formerly known as the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home and the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital, is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Home for Aged Masons | |
 The building in 2013 | |
   | |
| Location | Ben Allen Lane and R.S. Glass Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°13′03″N 86°44′36″W / 36.21750°N 86.74333°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect | Asmus and Norton |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001086[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 2008 |
History
editThe land was given to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee Free and Accepted Masons by Jere Baxter, the founder of the Tennessee Central Railroad.[2] The building was designed by Nashville architects Asmus and Norton in Colonial Revival style, and was completed in 1913–1915.[2] It housed older Freemasons and families of lower means.[2] It was co-founded by William H. Bumpas and Marcus B. Toney, who served as its founding president.[2] Toney was a Confederate veteran, Klansman, and Edward Bushrod Stahlman's brother-in-law.[3] Stahlman was one of the charter members.[4]
The building was acquired by the state of Tennessee and repurposed as the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital in 1941.[2] It was used as offices for the Tennessee Department of Health in the 1970s and 1980s.[2][5]
The property was unoccupied from 1999 to 2009, when the state of Tennessee suggested demolishing it to save money.[6] However, by 2016 state officials were "attempting" to preserve it.[5]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 19, 2008.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Tara Mitchell Mielnik (June 15, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Home for Aged Masons / Masonic Widows and Orphans Hom". National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2016. With plans. 20 photos included with registration not included in PDF.
- ^ "Famous Confederate Soldier, Held in Elmira Prison, Dies; Spoke in City 16 Years Ago". Star-Gazette. November 4, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Toney, Marcus B. (1905). The Privations of a Private. Nashville, Tennessee. pp. 139–143 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Todd, Jen (May 12, 2016). "Officials hope to save historic Masonic buildings in Inglewood". The Tennessean. p. 10A. Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Patterson, Angela (October 30, 2009). "State of Masons home remains up in the air". Davidson A.M. (Supplement to The Tennessean). pp. 1N, 4N. Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.