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[[Image:Avondale Lodge 476.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Avondale Lodge No. 476 in 2004]] | [[Image:Avondale Lodge 476.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Avondale Lodge No. 476 in 2004]] | ||
'''Avondale Lodge No. 476''' was a [[List of Masonic lodges|Masonic lodge]] chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]] (Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama) in [[Avondale]] in [[1889]]. The lodge is now inactive | '''Avondale Lodge No. 476''' was a [[List of Masonic lodges|Masonic lodge]] chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]] (Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama) in [[Avondale]] in [[1889]]. The lodge is now inactive. | ||
In [[1908]] the lodge commissioned a design for a new lodge building from architect [[David O. Whilldin]]. The two-story, brown brick building, completed in [[1909]], cost $6,000 to construct | In [[1908]] the lodge commissioned a design for a [[Avondale Masonic Temple|new lodge building]] from architect [[David O. Whilldin]], which it shared with the [[Avondale Station Post Office]]. The two-story, brown brick building, completed in [[1909]], cost $6,000 to construct. | ||
The lodge's meeting room also featured large glazed openings, tied together at the top with a soldier course of brick set in relief. The Lodge's designation was set into a framed panel under a shallow false gable in the roof pediment. A cornerstone adjacent to the lodge door indicates the stamp of Grand Master [[H. S. D. Mallory]]. | The lodge's meeting room also featured large glazed openings, tied together at the top with a soldier course of brick set in relief. The Lodge's designation was set into a framed panel under a shallow false gable in the roof pediment. A cornerstone adjacent to the lodge door indicates the stamp of Grand Master [[H. S. D. Mallory]]. | ||
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* Shelby, Thomas Mark (2009) ''D. O. Whilldin: Alabama Architect''. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society | * Shelby, Thomas Mark (2009) ''D. O. Whilldin: Alabama Architect''. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society | ||
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[[Category:Masonic lodges]] | [[Category:Masonic lodges]] |
Revision as of 23:36, 6 March 2015
Avondale Lodge No. 476 was a Masonic lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of Alabama (Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama) in Avondale in 1889. The lodge is now inactive.
In 1908 the lodge commissioned a design for a new lodge building from architect David O. Whilldin, which it shared with the Avondale Station Post Office. The two-story, brown brick building, completed in 1909, cost $6,000 to construct.
The lodge's meeting room also featured large glazed openings, tied together at the top with a soldier course of brick set in relief. The Lodge's designation was set into a framed panel under a shallow false gable in the roof pediment. A cornerstone adjacent to the lodge door indicates the stamp of Grand Master H. S. D. Mallory.
References
- Shelby, Thomas Mark (2009) D. O. Whilldin: Alabama Architect. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society