Freemasons in New Milton are opening their doors to the public. The Masonic hall, off Avenue Road and next to the town's ...

Prince Hall Freemasonry was founded in 1784 by a former slave named Prince Hall and formally dates to the mid-19th century in California. Philomathean Lodge No. 2 in downtown Sacramento is one of ...

The Masonic Hall on Broadway, 1830. (Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York; 29.100.2770) Between 1826 and 1856, New York's Masonic Hall stood on Broadway, between Duane Street and Pearl ...

Unveiling the deeply social role at the heart of black Freemasonry, Révauger shows how the black lodges were instrumental in helping American blacks transcend the horrors of slavery and prejudice, ...

“Prince Hall Free Masonry was established on March 6, 1775, when Prince Hall and 14 other African Americans were made masons in an Irish lodge that was attached to the British troops that were ...

Freemasons once counted founding fathers, former presidents and titans of industry among its members. But for many, the allure is gone from the once shadowy fraternity, and membership has fallen off.