Name/Title
Star LodgeEntry/Object ID
IMG3427Description
Star Lodge, an African American Masonic lodge built in the early 1790s, is on South Lawrence Street in Charles Town.
Historic marker reads: "Star Lodge No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons was chartered in 1877 by the Maryland Grand Lodge. The Lodge exemplifies the fraternal brotherhood and institutional growth of African Americans in Charles Town and the state. It traces its origins back to the African Lodge No. 459, organized by Prince Hall in 1787, and is one of the oldest non-secular African-American organizations in West Virginia."
Images stored as jpegs.Acquisition
Accession
522Source or Donor
Whitmore, Susan C.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
2018Place
* Untyped Place
Charles Town, West Virginia