Built in 1785, Masons' Hall on East Franklin Street is the oldest continuously used Masonic Lodge in the US. Historic Resources has been working with the masons for 5 years to preserve the building.

The Library of the Masonic Hall is open to the public daily, but only brothers can borrow books. It is also home to some cool artifacts, like this stone from Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem.

The hall, which now faces a parking garage on Second Avenue South in downtown Franklin, has served as a community gathering place since 1826, masons say.

The old Masonic Hall at 15-17 N. Beaver St. has undergone a number of changes over more than 150 years. What brings all of this to mind is a copy of a page from an 1871 York City Directory given ...

Throughout its nearly 200-year history in Franklin, the Masonic Hall became the site of negotiations between President Andrew Jackson and the Chickasaw Nations. They spent time on an unratified ...

Between 1826 and 1856, New York's Masonic Hall stood on Broadway, between Duane Street and Pearl Street.For upwards of a century, however, some version of the 6th Avenue spot has served as the ...

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The Masonic Hall in City Hall is also credited to saving the building from being burned down in 1863. The story goes that Gen Sherman was a Mason and could not destroy a Masonic Hall.

The day after the fire, Masonic officials vowed to build a new hall on the same site. “It was decided to make it as fireproof as possible,” the Daily Post and Record reported.