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Benevolent Lodge F&AM Historical Marker
- Benevolent Lodge No. 3, F. &
A. M.
- Located on the Masonic Lodge Building at the corner
of North Wayne and East Hancock Streets in Milledgeville, Ga.
(Text)
MASONIC TEMPLE OF BENEVOLENT
LODGE NO. 3, F.&A.M.
THIS IS THE OLDEST MASONIC BUILDING
IN GEORGIA WITH CONTINUOUS USAGE SINCE ITS DEDICATION ON JUNE
24, 1834. FUNDED THROUGH A STATE AUTHORIZED LOTTERY AND CONSTRUCTED
BY JOHN MARLOW (ALSO ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS WITH SAMUEL TUCKER
AND JAMES DOYLE), THIS GEORGIAN STYLE BUILDING WAS AMONG THE
MORE ELEGANT STRUCTURES IN ANTEBELLUM GEORGIA. IT IS ALSO ONE
OF THE EARLIER MASONRY STRUCTURES WEST OF THE OCONEE RIVER.
THE GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA MET
HERE ANNUALLY FROM DECEMBER 1834 THROUGH THE 1845 SESSION WHEN
ITS SITE WAS MOVED TO MACON. DURING RECONSTRUCTION THE BUILDING
HOUSED THE OFFICE OF THE FREEDMAN'S BUREAU AND ITS GROUND FLOOR
WAS HEADQUARTERS OF THE LOCAL MILITARY GARRISON.
THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR THE
MASONIC USE OF BENEVOLENT LODGE NUMBER 3, F. & A. M.; TEMPLE
CHAPTER NUMBER 6, R. A. M AND GEORGIA COUNCIL NUMBER 4, R. &
S. M.
- MARKER PLACED BY
- THE EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION
- GRAND LODGE OF GEORGIA, F. & A. M.
1980
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