Universal Lodge No. 14 Explained

Universal Lodge No. 14
Location:64 Clay St.
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates:38.9817°N -76.4969°W
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 26, 2008
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:08001101

Universal Lodge No. 14 is a historic building located in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was constructed about 1880 as a private dwelling, and substantially expanded in the mid-1950s. It is a two-story gable-front frame and concrete-block building with a brick veneer facade and a gable finished in stucco. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge for which it is named was founded in 1865 by a group of African American civilian employees of the U.S. Naval Academy. The lodge purchased the building in the 1940s, and substantially renovated it for use as a meeting hall over the next decade.[1]

In 2019 a $200,000 grant was secured to repair the exterior of the building.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Universal Lodge No. 14. December 2005. 2016-01-01 . Dr Anna DeJesus and Jeffrey Henderson. Maryland Historical Trust.
  2. News: Annapolis receives $200,000 grant to preserve the exterior of historic Clay Street building. Capital Gazette. 2019-12-02. 2022-07-13.