That is just your average masonic lodge.

If you want a clean and rich masonic lodge, go to one of the big cities.

Hah, quite a surprise, my old Scout hall, and even my martial arts school had more style than that place.

I guess once the candles are burning, the goat is on the alter, and the old men have their trouser legs rolled up it would look a little more homely. (j/k)

A lodge is only as good as it's members. If you try to do fund raisers and organize work with other members, you will have a nice lodge. There are some around my area (not far from this lodge) that are very old. Not run down, but very dated. If a lodge has low membership, then there is not a lot of money from dues so they have to find other ways to raise money. The lodge you showed is probabaly average for the area. Sure there are some real nice ones, but those are usually in the big towns with hundreds of members.

Gee, kind of shoots down the ideal that Masons are rich and powerful men that control all of the world. It looks like a lot of country lodges I have been to. Remember it is what goes on there that is more inportant that how the place looks.

[edit on 2-6-2009 by lost in the midwest]

What is the point of this thread???

The lodge reflects the area around it. Beaufort, NC is just a sleepy little coastal community with a long history (est.1709). Simple and peaceful just like the 4200 people that live there.

Again. What is your point??

This post was to show ATS members that not all Masons are rich. Believe it or not this is an average looking Lodge with some history. It really didnt look that bad to me, just old. Were ypu, the OP, trying to make a point that Prince Hall isn't the same as other forms of Freemasonry?

Looks just like the dozens of other Fraternal Lodges I've been in from Scottish Rite, Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks, Odd Fellows, Order of the Eagles, and even the Boy Scouts.

People who see Masonic or Secret Societies as manipulative, powerful, government toppling, havens of the rich aristocracy, have obviously been reading too much fiction and haven't gotten out to meet and greet these groups for themselves.

The little known fact of the matter is that all of these Fraternal Organizations are on their death-beds and suffering from decades of neglect and dwindling membership. Many of these groups have the largest percentage of their membership in their elder years, and have not been able to replace dying members with new members for the last decade or two.

When you look at the reality of these Masonic and Secret Societies, they don't seem so spooky all of a sudden, do they?

[edit on 2-6-2009 by fraterormus]

excuse the double post

[edit on 2-6-2009 by Level_Head]

Originally posted by vcwxvwligen
Why is the meeting hall clean, but not the kitchen? Makes no sense ...

So is this the purpose of the thread? Is it 'The Masonic conspiracy of a Prince Hall kitchen in need of a cleaning'?