Universal Lodge No. 14

Universal Lodge No. 14 is a historic building located in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was constructed about 1880 as a private dwelling, and substantially expanded in the mid-1950s. It is a two-story gable-front frame and concrete-block building with a brick veneer facade and a gable finished in stucco. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

Universal Lodge No. 14
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Universal Lodge No. 14, July 2009
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Location	64 Clay St. Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates	38°58′54″N 76°29′49″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1865 (1865)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	08001101[1]
Added to NRHP	November 26, 2008

The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge for which it is named was founded in 1865 by a group of African American civilian employees of the U.S. Naval Academy. The lodge purchased the building in the 1940s, and substantially renovated it for use as a meeting hall over the next decade.^[2]

In 2019 a $200,000 grant was secured to repair the exterior of the building.^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Dr Anna DeJesus and Jeffrey Henderson (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Universal Lodge No. 14" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
3. "Annapolis receives $200,000 grant to preserve the exterior of historic Clay Street building". Capital Gazette. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2022-07-13.

External links

• Universal Lodge No. 14, Anne Arundel County at Maryland Historical Trust