Mason's Hall (Richmond, Virginia)

Mason's Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	1807 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:	37°31′59″N 77°25′36″W / 37.53306°N 77.42667°W / 37.53306; -77.42667Coordinates: 37°31′59″N 77°25′36″W / 37.53306°N 77.42667°W / 37.53306; -77.42667
Area:	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built:	1785
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	73002220[1]
Added to NRHP:	July 2, 1973

The Mason's Hall in Richmond, Virginia was built during 1785 to 1787. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

At the time of its NRHP listing, it was the oldest Masonic building in the United States that was built as a Masonic meetingplace and used continuously for that purpose, and one of few surviving buildings from the 18th century in Richmond. It was reportedly protected from fire by the command of a Union general, also a Mason, when the Union army occupied Richmond in 1865.^[2]

An early non-Masonic meeting held there provided instruction to Virginia's delegates to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.^[2]

The building has an octagonal cupola.^[2]

See also

• Masonic Temple (Richmond, Virginia), also NRHP-listed

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff (December, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mason's Hall". Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Richmond/127-0019%20-%20Mason's%20Hall%20-%20Final%20Nomination.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-16.  and Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated