The Hamilton Masonic Lodge is a historic brick building built in 1873, located in

Hamilton, Virginia Hamilton is a town in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population was 506 as of the 2010 census. Geography Hamilton is located 6 miles west of the county seat Leesburg at (39.133889, −77.664151), near the ...

. Built in the

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, it historically served as a Masonic meeting hall and (until the 1920s) as a school for grades 1−12. an
''Accompanying photo at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 1999. No Masonic lodges meet in the building today, and its original 1873-dated cornerstone was (as of the 1999 NRHP-listing) on display at another Masonic lodge building several miles away.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Masonic buildings completed in 1873 School buildings completed in 1873 Buildings and structures in Loudoun County, Virginia Former Masonic buildings in Virginia 1873 establishments in Virginia {{LoudounCountyVA-NRHP-stub