Masonic Temple, Boston, just purchased for a U.S. Court House

Masonic Temple, Boston, just purchased for a U.S. Court House

Item Information

Title:
Masonic Temple, Boston, just purchased for a U.S. Court House
Date:
[March 12, 1859]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Reproductions
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Pictorial Archive
Series:
Associations & Clubs
Subjects:
Masonic buildings
Fraternal organizations
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Former site of original temple of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
Extent:
1 photographic print ; 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.
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Notes:
Title from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.
Additional information on item: Built 1832
Published in: Ballou's pictorial drawing-room companion, Vol. XVI, No. 11, 12 March, 1859, p. 169.
Built in 1832 and designed by the architect Isaiah Rogers. By the late 1850s, the Masons had outgrown the space and, in 1857, sold the building to be used as a Federal Courthouse. The building remained in use as a United States Courthouse from 1858 to 1885, and as a retail store (R. H. Stearns) until 1908, when it was torn down.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Date is from original published in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion.
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Reproduction of a wood engraving published in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion.
Identifier:
08_02_000114