It has been sold and converted into a banqueting venue known as "The Temple Downtown. "Birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama" home of the oldest Freemasons' lodge in Alabama, which erected this building to replace a previous one. Mission Revival style designed by Mobile architect George B. Historically used as a meeting hall, as a school, as a multiple dwelling, and as a department store. Three-story brown brick building with corbelled cornice, included in Woodlawn Commercial Historic District.īroad St. Seven-story Renaissance Revival style building "designed by black architects and built by a black-owned construction firm, it served as the principal social and cultural center for the black community during segregation and housed the state headquarters for the Masons and the Order of the Eastern Star." Included in Fourth Avenue Historic District.ĥ502 1st Avenue North 33☃2′24″N 86☄5′11″W / 33.539970°N 86.753059°W / 33.539970 -86.753059 ( Woodlawn Masonic Building) The building was destroyed in a fire on New Year's Day, 1996, but, oddly remains NRHP-listed in 2009. ģ3☂9′33″N 86★1′19″W / 33.49250°N 86.85528°W / 33.49250 -86.85528 ( West End Masonic Temple)Ĭlassical Revival building which served as a Masonic Hall until 1985 when it was sold and converted to office space. Three-story two-part commercial block building in National Register-listed Alexander City Commercial Historic District.
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