| Home for Aged Masons | |
| Location: | Ben Allen Lane and R.S. Glass Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 36.2175°N -86.7433°W |
| Built: | 1913 |
| Architect: | Asmus and Norton |
| Architecture: | Colonial Revival |
| Added: | November 19, 2008 |
| Area: | 2acres |
| Refnum: | 08001086 |
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.
The land was given to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee Free and Accepted Masons by Jere Baxter, the founder of the Tennessee Central Railroad.[1] The building was designed by Nashville architects Asmus and Norton in Colonial Revival style, and was completed in 1913–1915.[1] It housed older Freemasons and families of lower means.[1] It was co-founded by William H. Bumpas and Marcus B. Toney, who served as its founding president.[1] Toney was a Confederate veteran, Klansman, and Edward Bushrod Stahlman's brother-in-law.[2] Stahlman was one of the charter members.[3]
The building was acquired by the state of Tennessee and repurposed as the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital in 1941.[1] It was used as offices for the Tennessee Department of Health in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] [4]
The property was unoccupied from 1999 to 2009, when the state of Tennessee suggested demolishing it to save money.[5] However, by 2016 state officials were "attempting" to preserve it.[4]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 19, 2008.