Universal Lodge No. 14
Encyclopedia
Universal Lodge No. 14 refers to both a Prince Hall
Masonic Lodge
, and the historic building in which the lodge meets.
The building is located at Annapolis
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
. It was constructed about 1880, 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.
The lodge itself 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008.
Prince Hall Freemasonry
Prince Hall Freemasonry derives from historical events which led to a tradition of separate predominantly African-American Freemasonry in North America...
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Lodge
This article is about the Masonic term for a membership group. For buildings named Masonic Lodge, see Masonic Lodge A Masonic Lodge, often termed a Private Lodge or Constituent Lodge, is the basic organisation of Freemasonry...
, and the historic building in which the lodge meets.
The building is located at Annapolis
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
. It was constructed about 1880, 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.
The lodge itself 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2008.
External links
- Universal Lodge No. 14, Anne Arundel County at Maryland Historical Trust