Hamilton Masonic Lodge Explained

Hamilton Masonic Lodge
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 15, 1999[1]
Designated Other1 Number:053-0004
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:43 S. Rogers St., Hamilton, Virginia
Coordinates:39.1336°N -77.665°W
Built:1873
Architect:Lamden, John R.; Ruse, Richard
Architecture:Italianate
Added:December 9, 1999
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:99001505

The Hamilton Masonic Lodge is a historic brick building built in 1873, located in Hamilton, Virginia. Built in the Italianate style, it historically served as a Masonic meeting hall and (until the 1920s) as a school for grades 1−12.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

No Masonic lodges meet in the building today, and its original 1873-dated cornerstone was (as of the 1999 NRHP-listing) on display at another Masonic lodge building several miles away.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Georjan D. Overman . National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hamilton Masonic Lodge . August 27, 1998 . 2010-06-17 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated