Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge Explained

Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge
Location:Dales Ferry Road and Perdue Hill, Alabama
Built:1824
Architect:John Parks
Coordinates:31.5168°N -87.497°W
Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge
Designation1:Alabama Register
Designation1 Date:November 1, 1976[1]

The Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge, also known as Claiborne Masonic Lodge and as Masonic Lodge #3, is a historic Masonic lodge in the unincorporated community of Perdue Hill in Monroe County, Alabama. It was also the Woman's Club of Perdue Hill. Built in 1824, it functioned as both a church and a courtroom.[2] It is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as the "Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge".[3] John Parks supervised the construction. It is a frame, gabled building approximately NaNfeet in plan. It is the oldest building in Monroe County,[4] and one of the oldest surviving institutional buildings in Alabama.

The building was moved in 1884 from Claiborne to the crossroads community of Perdue Hill, about two miles to the south.[5] By around 1930 the Masons no longer used it.

The building was documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1934.[6] Three measured drawings were made of it.[7] Historical data on it have been recorded.[8] By 1936 it was home to the Woman's Club of Perdue Hill.[8] It was restored in 1981 and is open for special events as of 2019.[4]

Location

It is located in Perdue Hill at the intersection of U.S. Route 84 and Dales Ferry Rd.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage Listings as of April 7, 2023 . ahc.alabama.gov . 9 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Masonic Lodge No. 3, Perdue Hill, Alabama . Library of Congress . 5 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage . 4 June 2009 . Alabama Historical Commission . www.preserveala.org . 21 July 2009.
  4. Book: Braund . Kathryn H. . The Old Federal Road in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide . Waselkov . Gregory A. . Christopher . Raven M. . 2019-08-13 . University of Alabama Press . 978-0-8173-5930-0 . 129 . en.
  5. Web site: Cart . Blackwell . Robert . Gamble . Masonic Lodge, [Perdue Hill, Alabama] ]. . Gabrielle Esperdy . Karen Kingsley . 2012 . May 31, 2023.
  6. Web site: this is not yet the URL to combo of data pages and drawings . Historic American Buildings Survey.
  7. https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al0641.sheet?st=gallery Masonic Hall, U.S. Highway 84 (moved from AL, Claiborne), Perdue Hill, Monroe County, AL: Drawings from Survey HABS AL-103
  8. https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/al/al0600/al0641/data/al0641data.pdf Data pages