Built 1823 Designated NHL November 7, 1973 Area 2,024 m² | NRHP Reference # 73001859 Opened 1823 Added to NRHP 7 November 1973 | |
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Location S. 2nd Ave., Franklin, Tennessee Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar St Paul's Episcopal Church, Montgomery Bell Tunnel, Jubilee Hall, Syca Shoals, Great Smoky Mountains | ||
The Masonic Hall of Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 is a historic Gothic revival building in Franklin, Tennessee. Constructed in 1823, it is the oldest public building in Franklin. It houses Hiram Lodge No. 7, founded in 1809 and is the oldest Masonic Hall in continuous use in Tennessee. The building was the location of the negotiation and signing of the Treaty of Franklin in 1830, in which the Chickasaw Indians sold their lands before being moved west to today's Oklahoma. The sitting president Andrew Jackson was a participant. During the American Civil War, the building was used as a hospital for wounded Union soldiers after the Battle of Franklin.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
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