Newport Masonic Hall Explained

Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M.
Location:112-114 E. Market St., Newport, Delaware
Coordinates:39.7136°N -75.6078°W
Built:1913
Architect:Campbell, Fred R.
Thompson and Campbell
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:July 14, 1993
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:93000628

Newport Masonic Hall is historic building located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M., it was built in 1913, and consists of a two-story, five-bay, rectangular brick main block with a long, one-story rectangular rear wing to form a 'T'-plan. A large, arch-roofed brick addition was built in 1958. The building is in a restrained Colonial Revival style. The main block has a gable roof. It was designed with two commercial spaces on the ground floor, and a lodge room and auditorium on the second.[1]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=93000628}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M.]. Peter E. Kurtze . April 1992. National Park Service. and