Home for Aged Masons | |
![]() The building in 2013 | |
Location | Ben Allen Lane and R.S. Glass Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°13′03″N 86°44′36″W / 36.21750°N 86.74333°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1913 |
Architect | Asmus and Norton |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 08001086 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 19, 2008 |
The Home for Aged Masons, formerly known as the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home and the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital, is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The land was given to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee Free and Accepted Masons by Jere Baxter, the founder of the Tennessee Central Railroad. [2] The building was designed by Nashville architects Asmus and Norton in Colonial Revival style, and was completed in 1913–1915. [2] It housed older Freemasons and families of lower means. [2] It was co-founded by William H. Bumpas and Marcus B. Toney, who served as its founding president. [2] Toney was a Confederate veteran, Klansman, and Edward Bushrod Stahlman's brother-in-law. [3] Stahlman was one of the charter members. [4]
The building was acquired by the state of Tennessee and repurposed as the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital in 1941. [2] It was used as offices for the Tennessee Department of Health in the 1970s and 1980s. [2] [5]
The property was unoccupied from 1999 to 2009, when the state of Tennessee suggested demolishing it to save money. [6] However, by 2016 state officials were "attempting" to preserve it. [5]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 19, 2008. [1]
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Home for Aged Masons | |
![]() The building in 2013 | |
Location | Ben Allen Lane and R.S. Glass Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee |
---|---|
Coordinates | 36°13′03″N 86°44′36″W / 36.21750°N 86.74333°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1913 |
Architect | Asmus and Norton |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 08001086 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 19, 2008 |
The Home for Aged Masons, formerly known as the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home and the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital, is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The land was given to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee Free and Accepted Masons by Jere Baxter, the founder of the Tennessee Central Railroad. [2] The building was designed by Nashville architects Asmus and Norton in Colonial Revival style, and was completed in 1913–1915. [2] It housed older Freemasons and families of lower means. [2] It was co-founded by William H. Bumpas and Marcus B. Toney, who served as its founding president. [2] Toney was a Confederate veteran, Klansman, and Edward Bushrod Stahlman's brother-in-law. [3] Stahlman was one of the charter members. [4]
The building was acquired by the state of Tennessee and repurposed as the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital in 1941. [2] It was used as offices for the Tennessee Department of Health in the 1970s and 1980s. [2] [5]
The property was unoccupied from 1999 to 2009, when the state of Tennessee suggested demolishing it to save money. [6] However, by 2016 state officials were "attempting" to preserve it. [5]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 19, 2008. [1]
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