List of Masonic buildings identifies notable buildings around the world associated with
Freemasonry. Often these are significant landmarks in their towns or cities, and reflect the influence of Masons at one time. Most are buildings built for exclusive or shared use by
Masonic lodges,
Grand Lodges or other
Masonic bodies. Many include original commercial space on ground or lower floors, with space intended for group meetings above. (For a list of those within the United States, see:
List of Masonic buildings in the United States)
Most of the buildings on this list were purpose-built to house
Masonic lodge meetings and ritual activities. In a few cases, Masonic bodies converted existing landmark buildings to Masonic use.[1] Also included are buildings constructed by the
Freemasons as part of their charitable endeavors (such as hospitals and schools). This list is intended to include any building having some form of
landmark status such as being listed on a
heritage registers, and other notable ones as well.
Artarmon Masonic Centre,
Artarmon - The original 1923 building was sold to a developer in the 1990s and demolished.[2]
Dubbo Masonic Centre,
Dubbo, built 1888, under renovation in 2021[3]
Masonic Temple (c.1870),
Illawarra, listed on the State Heritage Inventory[4]
Maitland Lodge of Unity Masonic Hall and Lodge (1887),
Maitland, listed on the State Heritage Inventory[5]
Royal Arch Temple,
Petersham, Sydney. Its Egyptian Room, originally built within the Scottish Royal Arch Temple at 22-24 College Street Sydney in 1927 and later moved, is listed on the State Heritage Inventory[6]
State House,
St. George's - The oldest stone building in Bermuda, it housed Bermuda's Parliament from 1620 until 1815, when the capital was relocated to Hamilton. Since 1815 it has been leased in perpetuity to a Masonic Lodge.
CTV Temple-Masonic Temple in Toronto — Added to the
City of Toronto Heritage Property Inventory in 1974, and designated under the
Ontario Heritage Act in 1997. Originally constructed as a Masonic Hall, the building has changed hands a number of times. From the 1960s through the 1990s, it housed a succession of live music clubs. Later in the 1990s, it was the home of Open Mike with Mike Bullard, and was one of
CTV Toronto's news bureaus. From March 2006, the building became the broadcast home of the new
MTV Canada. On June 17, 2013, the building was purchased by the Info-Tech Research Group. Info-Tech announced that its plans for the building include staging an annual charity rock concert in the auditorium.[32]
Zetland Hall is the headquarters of the District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and the Far East.[33] Hong Kong Freemasons built the first Zetland Hall in 1865 and used it until it was destroyed in an air raid in 1944.[34] In 1949 it was replaced by the second Zetland Hall.
Monrovia - During the
First Liberian Civil War, the Grand Masonic Temple in
Monrovia was the scene of many battles.[37] and its ruins became home to 8000
squatters.[38] The Masons managed to evict them by 2005[38] and the building was renovated in 2018.
Malaysia
In 1977, Malaysia had 55 lodges and 2,984 "expert" members. Halls include:
Masonic Lodge, Poutu Road,
Aratapu. Built in the early 1900s, this was a category 2 historic place (#3869). Lost to fire during 2003.[40]
Arrow Kilwinning Lodge, 9 Wiltshire Street,
Arrowtown. Category 1 historic place (#2110), listed 10 December 2010.[41]
Cromwell Kilwinning Lodge No 98, 69 Melmore Terrace,
Cromwell. Built in 1900. Category 2 historic place (#2130), listed 22 June 2007.[42]
Masonic Hall, 21 Kimbolton Road,
Feilding. Built during 1897–98. A category 2 historic place (#1230). A 1913 renovation added an Edwardian Free Classical style facade designed by C. Tilleard Natusch & Sons. Lost to redevelopment during 2014.[43]
Masonic Lodge, 132 Percival Street,
Rangiora. Brick, concrete and iron building with a facing of
Oamaru Stone, this was a Category 2 historic place (#3785). Damaged in Canterbury earthquakes, demolished in 2013.[44]
Pakistan
Masonic Temple, Lahore; meeting place for Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No. 782
The building used by
Lodge Mother Kilwinning Kilwinning, Ayrshire, consecrated in 1893, includes a
museum of Masonic artefacts. The lodge traces its history to the building of Kilwinning Abbey, circa 1140. The current lodge building replaced a lodge building that was erected in 1779.[60]