Location Information
(for the Masonic Temple {M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge})
Name:Masonic Temple {M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge}
Address:1072 Lynch Street
City/County:Jackson, Hinds County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1954-1957
Registration Information
NR District Name:John R. Lynch Civil Rights District (2025)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:2
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:04-13-2006
Recorded:04-28-2006
Book/Vol. No.:V. 6472, pp. 47-48
Easement Information
No. of Active Easements:2
Date Signed:09-09-2011
Expires:09-09-2036
Easement Type:Preservation/Maintenance
Book/Vol. No.:V. 7122 Pg. 2113-4
Date Signed:02-16-2012
Expires:02-16-2037
Easement Type:Preservation/Maintenance
Book/Vol. No.:V.7126 Pg.7689-7690
Context/Comments
Meeting place of Stringer Grand Lodge, Lynch Lodge No. 2, T.C. Almore Lodge No. 242, West Jackson Lodge No. 697, and other African-American (Prince Hall affiliation) Masonic groups. This was the site of the funeral of Medgar Evers in 1963. Various Civil Rights organizations met here during the 1960s.

This building was designated a Mississippi Landmark, upon owner request, on 13 April 2006.

It is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 270, JM65).