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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, and its building was sold to the [[Beloved Community Church]] in [[2000]].
'''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. It was designed to be shared with a ground floor retail tenant. Two prominent semi-circular limestone arched doorways on the front facade flanked a large show window. The right-hand archway, for the ground floor, led to a door recess that could also be entered from the [[2nd Avenue South|2nd Avenue]] side. The left-hand arch, with a carved masonic compass, accessed a stairway to the meeting room above.
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:1889 establishments]]
[[Category:41st Street South]]
[[Category:2nd Avenue South]]
[[Category:David O. Whilldin buildings]]
[[Category:Masonic lodges]]
[[Category:Masonic lodges]]

Revision as of 23:36, 6 March 2015

Avondale Lodge No. 476 in 2004

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
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