1050 E. 50th St., Los Angeles, California. County/parish: Los Angeles.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 17, 2009. NRIS 09000150.
Part of African Americans in Los Angeles MPS (NRIS 64501036).
1 contributing building.
The Prince Hall Masonic Temple is a historic club building associated with Prince Hall Freemasonry. It is located in South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. As a contributing building within the 52nd Place Historic District, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The Prince Hall Masonic Temple was built in 1926. It is a two-story masonry building which has been described as "very simple in design and almost appears to be commercial in use." The building was established as the Los Angeles branch of Prince Hall Freemasonry, a tradition of separate, predominantly African-American, Freemasonry in North America.
The building was deemed to satisfy the registration requirement for club buildings. It was set forth in a multiple property submission study, the African Americans in Los Angeles MPS. The building was deemed significant as one of two remaining Los Angeles club buildings founded by and for African Americans.
Other sites listed pursuant to the same African Americans in Los Angeles MPS include the Angelus Funeral Home, Lincoln Theater, Second Baptist Church, 28th Street YMCA, 52nd Place Historic District, 27th Street Historic District, and two historic all-black segregated fire stations (Fire Station No. 14 and Fire Station No. 30).
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857588