Prince Hall Masonic Temple, June 1983
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Credit: Anne H. Adams, Historic Preservation Division- Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
This file appears in: Prince Hall Masonic Temple: This building on U Street NW is home to the nation’s earliest and largest Black fraternity, founded in 1825.
Prince Hall Masonic Temple: This building on U Street NW is home to the nation’s earliest and largest Black fraternity, founded in 1825.
Founded in 1825 by both enslaved people and free Black people, Prince Hall Masonic Temple became the headquarters to the nation’s earliest and largest Black fraternity. When the Prince Hall Masonic…