masonry

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 of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...

Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...

Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More

United Automobile Workers Union Hall, Local No. 7, 1551 Hart Street, D...

Significance: The building was constructed in 1914 as a combined school and assembly hall for the German-speaking Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. Germans had concentrated in the East Side since the mid-19... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Railroad depot and yard; Trout House and Masonic Hall in...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Paulina Lake IOOF Organization Camp, Deschutes National Forest, La Pin...

Significance: The Paulina Lake Organizational camp is composed of 11 log cabins and a lodge constructed during the Great Depression of the 1930's by members of the Bend Chapter of the International Order of the... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Masonic record - Print, Library of Congress collection

V26147 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hudson, Kimberly.

Clinchport Masonic Lodge No. 267, Second Avenue, Clinchport, Scott Cou...

Significance: The Clinchport Masonic Lodge, No. 267, constructed c. 1890, was taken over by the lodge in December of 1897. This high quality wood frame rural commercial structure is an excellent example of ver... More

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

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

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

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Hill City Masonic Lodge, Church & Eleventh Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchbu...

Survey number: HABS VA-1143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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, Lansing & Ukiah Streets, Mendocino, Mendocino County, ...

Survey number: HABS CA-1801 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Masonic Temple, Lodge F. & A. M. No. 41, 215 North Main Street, Gaine...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Temple, Lodge F. & A. M. No. 41, 215 North Main Street, Gaine...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

Masonic Building, California & Oregon Streets, Jacksonville, Jackson C...

Significance: The Masonic Building occupies the site of the former Eldorado Saloon, a building that stood on the corner of Oregon and California Streets as early as 1853, when Kenny and Appler sold "the House k... More

Masonic Lodge, South Pass Avenue, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

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

[Atlanta, Ga. Trout House, Masonic Hall, and Federal encampment on Dec...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

Anaconda Historic District, Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall, 321-323 ...

Significance: This building was the headquarters for the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an Irish fraternal organization first established in Anaconda in 1885. The A.O.H. auxiliary was offici... More

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

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

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

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

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... 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.

Night view of Elks' Court of Honor, at intersection of Main and Akard ...

No. 16584. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, 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

[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.

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

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Sousa and the Masonic members of his band

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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

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... More

Knox County Courthouse, Southwest corner of Fourth Avenue & Elm Street...

Significance: The Knox County Courthouse, housed in the first floor, is significant for its association with the politics and government of Knox County from 1886 to 1906. After 1906, the first floor served var... 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

Griffith Block (Commercial Building), 36-38 West Washington Street, In...

Significance: Built in 1872 by the heirs of Humphrey Griffith, a leading pioneer businessman, the Griffith Block has housed a variety of retail establishments during its long history. In the late 1800s and ear... More

Griffith Block (Commercial Building), 36-38 West Washington Street, In...

Significance: Built in 1872 by the heirs of Humphrey Griffith, a leading pioneer businessman, the Griffith Block has housed a variety of retail establishments during its long history. In the late 1800s and ear... More

Griffith Block (Commercial Building), 36-38 West Washington Street, In...

Significance: Built in 1872 by the heirs of Humphrey Griffith, a leading pioneer businessman, the Griffith Block has housed a variety of retail establishments during its long history. In the late 1800s and ear... 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