Home for Aged Masons

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Coordinates: 36°13′03″N 86°44′36″W / 36.21750°N 86.74333°W / 36.21750; -86.74333
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Home for Aged Masons
Asmus and Norton
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.08001086[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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.

History

The land was given to the

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]

Masonic Home for the Aged in 1940

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Tara Mitchell Mielnik (June 15, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Home for Aged Masons / Masonic Widows and Orphans Hom". National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2016. With plans. 20 photos included with registration not included in PDF.
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  4. ^ Toney, Marcus B. (1905). The Privations of a Private. Nashville, Tennessee. pp. 139–143 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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