Masonic Temple Building (Blount Street, Raleigh, North Carolina)
The Masonic Temple Building, built in 1907, is an historic Prince Hall Masonic building located at 427 South Blount Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.. On May 3, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, for its social contributions to Black history.[1][2]
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| Location | 427 South Blount St., Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°46′27″N 78°38′12″W / 35.77417°N 78.63667°W |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architect | Gaston Alonzo Edwards |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002533[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 3, 1984 |
History
editIt is a three-story, red brick flat roofed building. It has a metal cornice at the top of the first floor level and a cast iron Corinthian order column at the corner.[3] It was designed by Black architect Gaston Alonzo Edwards.[4]
It is one of two places of the same name in Raleigh on the National Register of Historic Places, the other being the much larger Masonic Temple Building, Fayetteville Street (Raleigh, North Carolina), which was also built in 1907.[1]
Today it is occupied by Widow's Son Lodge #4 and Excelsior Lodge #21 as well as barber shops and a beauty salon.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Stradling, Richard, Prince Hall temple to be renovated, News and Observer, May 27, 2013 Archived October 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine includes photo, accessed October 16, 2013
- ^ Charlotte Vestal Brown and William Bushong (November 1983). "Masonic Temple Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- ^ Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (March 2004). "Gaston Alonzo Edwards (1875–1943)". African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945. Routledge. pp. 186–189. ISBN 978-1-135-95629-5.
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