Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Freemason Hall Johannesburg, Gauteng George Esslemont Gordon LEITH: Architect

Date: 1957 Type: Freemasons' Hall Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°11'04.22" S 28°02'47.41" E Alt: 1763m

Designed by Gordon Leith and also listed as Goldfields District Grand Lodge. It was built with the proceeds of the the sale of the Masonic Arts Building and other money collected over several years for a new district lodge. The land was acquired in 1947 and building commenced after the laying of the foundation stone on 14 February 1954 by R. W. Bro Maj-Gen Sir Allan Aldair, Assistant Grand Master. The Kerk Street temple was being used while the new hall was under construction. Additional money was raised for the completion of the building via a Jubilee Memorial Fund. (Johannesburg 1912 – Suburb by suburb research, accessed 2021 03 03) Read Blue Plaque celebrates Freemasons Hall, Parktown by Kathy Munro, July 27, 2023 on The Heritage Portal.