Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge

{{Short description|Historic building in Alabama}}

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|name=Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge

|location = Dales Ferry Road and Perdue Hill, Alabama

|image = Perdue Hill Masonic Hall 01.jpg

|caption = HABS photo from 1934, after its move from Claiborne

|built = 1824

|architect = John Parks

|locmapin = Alabama#USA

|coordinates = {{coord|31.51677|-87.49700|display=inline,title|source:Doncram}}

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{{Infobox historic site

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| name = Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge

| designation1 = Alabama Register

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| designation1_date = November 1, 1976{{cite web |title=Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage Listings as of April 7, 2023 |url=https://ahc.alabama.gov/AlabamaRegisterPDFs/Alabama%20Register%20of%20Landmarks%20&%20Heritage%20Property%20Listing%20(for%20web1).pdf |website=ahc.alabama.gov |access-date=9 March 2024}}

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The Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge, also known as Claiborne Masonic Lodge and as Masonic Lodge #3, is a historic Masonic lodge in the unincorporated community of Perdue Hill in Monroe County, Alabama.{{Gnis|152870|Perdue Hill, Alabama}} It was also the Woman's Club of Perdue Hill. Built in 1824, it functioned as both a church and a courtroom.{{cite web |title=Masonic Lodge No. 3, Perdue Hill, Alabama |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2010639811/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=5 January 2024}} It is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as the "Perdue Hill Masonic Lodge".{{cite web |title=Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage |url=https://archive.org/details/PropertiesOnTheAlabamaRegisterOfLandmarksHeritage |date=4 June 2009 |work=Alabama Historical Commission |publisher=www.preserveala.org |accessdate=21 July 2009}} John Parks supervised the construction. It is a frame, gabled building approximately {{convert|35x60|ft|m}} in plan. It is the oldest building in Monroe County,{{Cite book |last1=Braund |first1=Kathryn H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KtqaDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Perdue+Hill+Masonic+Lodge%22&pg=PA129 |title=The Old Federal Road in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide |last2=Waselkov |first2=Gregory A. |last3=Christopher |first3=Raven M. |date=2019-08-13 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |isbn=978-0-8173-5930-0 |pages=129 |language=en}} and one of the oldest surviving institutional buildings in Alabama.

The building was moved in 1884 from Claiborne to the crossroads community of Perdue Hill, about two miles to the south.{{cite web|first1=Cart |last1=Blackwell |first2=Robert |last2=Gamble |title=Masonic Lodge, [Perdue Hill, Alabama] |publisher=SAH Archipedia |editor=Gabrielle Esperdy |editor2=Karen Kingsley |date=2012 |url=http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AL-01-099-0029 |access-date=May 31, 2023}} By around 1930 the Masons no longer used it.

The building was documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1934.{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html |title=this is not yet the URL to combo of data pages and drawings |publisher=Historic American Buildings Survey}} Three measured drawings were made of it.

[https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al0641.sheet?st=gallery Masonic Hall, U.S. Highway 84 (moved from AL, Claiborne), Perdue Hill, Monroe County, AL: Drawings from Survey HABS AL-103] Historical data on it have been recorded.

[https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/al/al0600/al0641/data/al0641data.pdf Data pages] By 1936 it was home to the Woman's Club of Perdue Hill. It was restored in 1981 and is open for special events as of 2019.