Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

	Prince Hall Masonic Temple
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1335 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°26′52″N 91°10′32″W / 30.44786°N 91.17549°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924
Built by	Conner, Bryant and Bell
Architect	Wogan and Bernard
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	94000498
Added to NRHP	June 02, 1994

The Prince Hall Masonic Temple is a historic building located at 1335 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Originally designed in 1924 as a meeting hall for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the building housed the Temple Theatre and the Temple Roof Garden, which represented two major point of entertainment for African-American citizens of Baton Rouge. The Temple Theatre is the last remaining of the three city theatres for the large black population, the other two (the Grand Theatre and the McKinley Theatre) are no more in existence. The Temple Roof Garden was particularly popular amongst youth clubs for the dances held until the late 1930s and 1940s.^[2]^[3]

The building was purchased by the Prince Hall Freemasons in 1948.^[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "Prince Hall Masonic Temple" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 14, 2018. with two photos and two maps
^ National Register Staff (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Prince Hall Masonic Temple". National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2018. With eight photos from 1993.
^ East Baton Rouge Parish Library website - The Prince Hall Masonic Temple: Taking Pride in Baton Rouge’s Black Heritage Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[ladoc-2] "Prince Hall Masonic Temple" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 14, 2018. with two photos and two maps

[nrhpdoc-3] National Register Staff (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Prince Hall Masonic Temple". National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2018. With eight photos from 1993.

[4] East Baton Rouge Parish Library website - The Prince Hall Masonic Temple: Taking Pride in Baton Rouge’s Black Heritage Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

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