masonry, freemasonry

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Baxterville Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande River at Masonic Park Drive, S...

Survey number: HAER CO-76 Building/structure dates: 1932 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1933 Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work B... More

Masonic Temple, Idaho Lodge Number 1, Wall Street, Idaho City, Boise C...

Significance: The Masonic Temple is the oldest standing Masonic Temple in Idaho, and is the only building still standing in the United States in which a Grand Lodge was formed. The building is an example of si... More

Masonic Hall, U.S. Highway 84 (moved from AL, Claiborne), Perdue Hill,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS AL-103 Building/structure dates: 1825 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1865

Masonic Hall, Water Avenue & North Street, Uniontown, Perry County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-768 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Masonic Hall, Water Avenue & North Street, Uniontown, Perry County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-768 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Masonic Building & Courthouse, Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Significance: An early example of public-private partnership, the citizens of Uxbridge and the Solomon's Temple of the Freemasons joined forces to build a two story brick edifice on the north end of the town co... More

[President Theodore Roosevelt applying mortar with a trowel]

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Masonic Temple, Broad Street (State Road 28), Camden, Wilcox County, A...

Survey number: HABS AL-131 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anti-Masonic apron - Print, Library of Congress collection

An attack on the Antimasonic party, produced shortly after their September national convention in Baltimore. The "apron" symbolically contrasts the Masons with the Antimasons. On the right is a "Rock of Ages" o... More

Old Masonic Hall, Monroe & East Hobbs Streets, Athens, Limestone Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS AL-305 Building/structure dates: ca. 1826 Initial Construction

Capitol Park, 900 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Three of the original settlers of Guthrie belonged to a fraternal association known as Scottish Rite Masons. The most influential of these three Masons was Ha... More

Capitol Park, 900 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Three of the original settlers of Guthrie belonged to a fraternal association known as Scottish Rite Masons. The most influential of these three Masons was Ha... More

Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Lodge, Wall Street, Bel Air, Harford County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-319 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Home, Utica, N.Y. - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mason's Hall, 1805 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Independent City, V...

Significance: The cornerstone for the Mason's Hall was laid in 1785 and the cubic building was completed by 1787. The geometric form of the building is broken slightly by the pedimented central pavilion and co... More

Old Masonic Temple, South Willow & West Lafaytette Streets, Trenton, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53 Survey number: HABS NJ-141 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction

Old Masonic Temple, South Willow & West Lafaytette Streets, Trenton, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53 Survey number: HABS NJ-141 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Corbin Building, 11 John Street, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: It is significant for both is aesthetic and technological contributions to the history of American architecture. Designed by architect Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) for the prominent banker an... More

Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Golden Jubilee Banquet, Coliseum, Ind'p...

J203148 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. F. Bretzman; May 22, 1915. Copyright claimant's address: Indianapolis, Ind. No. 2.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

East Alabama Masonic Female Institute, 205 East South Street, Talladeg...

Public domain photograph of masonic lodge building, masons, freemasons, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

East Alabama Masonic Female Institute, 205 East South Street, Talladeg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

Masonic Hall, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Significance: Like many earlier nineteenth-century structures in Harpers Ferry, the Masonic Hall Building was originally conceived by Philip Coons to house commercial stores on the first floor with dwelling qua... More

[Masonic chart] - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Humphreys.

Antimasonic address to the anti-masonic voters of Norfolk County and t...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 56, Folder 17.

[Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Penns...

Date and photographer attribution from a half-tone illustration by Frank H. Taylor in P&P collections File. Note with daguerreotype: "Re-sealed but plates were probably reversed the last time this was opened" W... More

Francis Frith - Banias, the ancient Caesarea Philippi / Frith.

Banias, showing remains of bridge and gateway. Signed and numbered (P137) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 31].

Sacramento City, K Street, looking West from the Masonic Hall - [W]ave...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1066. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Construction of a new building at Wood Lake, Cherry County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Center Blue Lodge Room, Masonic temple, Detroit]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Masonic Temple, Niagara Falls, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE. STONE FOR SPHINX

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE. DEDICATION, GENERAL VIEWS

A large group of people standing in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, In... More

SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE. DEDICATION, GENERAL VIEWS

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ceremony of "Turning the Sod" of the New Masonic Temple, Thanksgiving...

J245245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; December 15, 1920. Title based on similarity to PAN SUBJECT - Events, no. 10. Stamped on verso: "Spencer & Wyckoff, Commercial Photographers, ... More

Scottish Rite Temple. Gold plates of Scottish Rite Temple III

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Masonic ball game, 1921 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Masonic Temple - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Masonic ball game, 1921 - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sousa and the Masonic members of his band

Picryl description: Public domain image of composite portrait page, or group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Scottish Rite Temple. Gold plates of Scottish Rite Temple VI

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Temple & R. P. Parker Store, Hunter Street, Stockton, San Joaq...

Survey number: HABS CA-1604 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Hall, Whidby Island, Coupeville, Island County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-143 Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction

Masonic Hall, Hornitos, Mariposa County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1523 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Lodge, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Masonic National Memorial Temple. View of George Was...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Temple, Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. In a weather protection shed m...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. First ...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. First ...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Carol M. Highsmith - Scottish Rite Temple, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Colored Masonic Temple located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Z.A.Davis. The freemason's monitor; Public domain book

Also available in digital form.

Masonic Temple, F & Ninth Streets Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: A post-Civil War fraternal and commercial building whose cornerstone-laying was honored by the presence of the President of the United States. This structure ranks among the most distinguished wo... More

Masonic register / Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cincinnati, O.

Print shows a certificate for membership in a masonic order, partially filled out for Alex. F. Clark member of the Rising Sun Lodge no. 103 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., April 4, 1881. On the left column is inscri... More

Wood Block Masonry Barn, No. 1, Lena, Oconto County, WI

Significance: Unusual barn of stovewood construction. Stovewood structures (cut wood and mortar) probably originated in Canada in the early 19th century. This barn is of more recent origins. Survey number: H... More

Lake Street Bridge, Spanning Ruddiman Creek at Lake Shore Drive, Muske...

Significance: The Lake Street stone arch vehicular bridge in Muskegon, Michigan, is significant because it is representative of a brief period in the evolution in design of American bridges. Relatively few sto... More

Masonic diploma - Print, Library of Congress collection

V37685 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Strobridge & Co. Question mark next to copyright date on card.

Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...

Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More

Masonic Temple No. 42 F. & A. M., 416 1/2 North Main Street, Los Angel...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-32 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction

The Masonic Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio / lithographed & published by Mid...

Print shows view from street of the Masonic Temple, with carriage and pedestrian traffic in front, and view on the left of the business establishments of the lithographers Middleton, Strobridge & Co. and archit... More

Masonic Building & Courthouse, Uxbridge, Worcester County, MA

Significance: An early example of public-private partnership, the citizens of Uxbridge and the Solomon's Temple of the Freemasons joined forces to build a two story brick edifice on the north end of the town co... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Masonic Temple, Broad Street (State Road 28), Camden, Wilcox County, A...

Survey number: HABS AL-131 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trout House and Masonic Hall, Marrietta St., Atlanta, Ga.

Stereograph showing a Federal encampment outside Trout House and Masonic Hall on Decatur Street. No. 3581, in series: War Views. Imprinted on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 501) Broadway, New York. A... More

Masonic Temple, 1 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More

Masonic Temple, 1111-1119 Eleventh Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Significance: The Masonic Temple is one of Altoona's few remaining large red-brick buildings from the 19th century. Designed by Philadelphia architect, James H. Windrim, the temple's interesting exterior is com... More