Property Record
520 E MIFFLIN ST (AKA 100 N BLAIR ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Free Methodist Church |
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| Other Name: | Capital City Masonic Lodge #2 |
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| Reference Number: | 108379 |
| Location (Address): | 520 E MIFFLIN ST (AKA 100 N BLAIR ST) |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 19832019 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | A. H. Beckman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The map code is 0709-133-1401-2. City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: The Capital City Masonic Lodge #2 of the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons, an exclusively African American lodge, was established along with a women’s auxiliary in Madison in 1906. The organization had a small membership at the time and likely congregated at the extant Douglass Beneficial Society Hall at 649-653 East Dayton Street or the non-extant old St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church on East Dayton Street. The Madison lodge officially chartered in 1925. The Capital City Masonic Lodge #2 eventually congregated at 100 North Blair Street by the 1960s. The Colonial Revival style building was designed by architect A. H. Beckman for the Free Methodist Church in 1940. The lodge continues to use the building to this day. Capital City Masonic Lodge #2 is locally significant to the African American community in the area of Social and Political Movements from 1906 to the present. During this period, several resources have been associated with it: its likely 1906 to c.1960 meeting places, the non-extant Old St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church on East Dayton Street and the Douglass Beneficial Society Hall / John and Amanda Hill Grocery at 649-653 E. Dayton Street, and its c.1960 to present-day lodge at 100 North Blair Street. The primary resource associated with its significance in Social and Political Movements is 100 North Blair Street due to its longevity in this location. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Permit. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |