The Prince Hall Masonic Temple built in 1922 is an historic Prince Hall Masonic building located at 1000 U Street, NW in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

It is the headquarters of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge District of Columbia, and houses the MWPGM Roland D. Williams Center for Masonic Excellence. It is part of the

Greater U Street Historic District The U Street Corridor or Greater U Street, sometimes known as Cardozo/Shaw, is a Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest (Washington, D.C.), Northwest D.C. Centered along U Street, the neighborh ...

History

It was designed by

Albert Cassell Albert Irvin Cassell (1895–1969) was a prominent mid-20th-century African-American architect in Washington, D.C., whose work shaped many academic communities in the United States. He designed buildings for Howard University in Washington D.C., ...

, and constructed from 1922 to 1929. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1983.

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Masonic buildings in Washington, D.C. Masonic buildings completed in 1922 Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Prince Hall Masonic buildings in the United States Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Washington, D.C. U Street Corridor, Washington, D.C. {{Fraternity-stub