Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple - Jacksonville, NC
N 34° 45.043 W 077° 25.878
18S E 277445 N 3848091
The Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple are actually two connected buildings located on Old Bridge Street in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMAMHF
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2011
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According to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing, the buildings are used for governmental purposes today. However, the Bank of Onslow actually now houses two attorneys.
"Located on the corner of Court Street and Old Bridge, the old Bank of Onslow on the left, and the Lafayette Lodge #83, a former Masonic Temple on the right, were both built between 1916 and 1919 and are considered architecturally significant."
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"The Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple is located at 214-216 Old Bridge Street, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It is a Beaux Arts architecture and Tudor Revival architecture building built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Listing
Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple (added 1989 - District - #89001850), 214--216 Old Bridge St., Jacksonville[2]
* Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
* Architect, builder, or engineer: Crumpler Brothers, Bonitz,Henry E.
* Architectural Style: Tudor Revival, Beaux Arts
* Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History, Commerce
* Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
* Owner: Private
* Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Social
* Historic Sub-function: Business, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall
* Current Function: Government
* Current Sub-function: Government Office"
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The following is a history of the Jacksonville Masonic Temple:
"In 1919, the lodge formed a corporation know as the Jacksonville Masonic Temple Corporation. The corporation sold bonds and purchased a lot between the Heritage building ant the Bank of Onslow and built a three story building on the lot. The lodge, which had purchased bonds with the proceeds from selling their property, paid rent to the corporation as did all other organizations using the facilities. The upper story was used as a lodge hall and the two lower floors were used as rental units. This policy continued until 1941, when the Jacksonville Masonic Temple Corporation got into financial difficulties and defaulted in payment of its debts. The property of the Jacksonville Masonic Temple Corporation was sold at public auction and was purchased by Graham Johnson, Who used the ground floor as a drug store and rented LaFayette Lodge the upper store as a lodge hall until the present LaFayette Lodge Masonic Temple was built. The first meeting in the three story building on Old Bridge Street was held on April 21, 1920. Brother Fred W. Harget, Past Master, was extended the honor of presiding at this meeting. The last meeting was held at this location on may 17, 1955."
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