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'''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]]. The lodge is now inactive, and its building was sold to the [[Beloved Community Church]] in [[2000]]. | [[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]]. | |||
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 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. | ||
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. | 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== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 31 March 2009
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, and its building was sold to the Beloved Community Church in 2000.
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 side. The left-hand arch, with a carved masonic compass, accessed a stairway to the meeting room above.
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