Newport Masonic Hall

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Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M.

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Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M., October 2011
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Location 112-114 E. Market St., Newport, Delaware
Coordinates 39°42′49″N75°36′28″W / 39.71361°N 75.60778°W / 39.71361; -75.60778 Coordinates: 39°42′49″N75°36′28″W / 39.71361°N 75.60778°W / 39.71361; -75.60778
Area less than one acre
Built 1913
Architect Campbell, Fred R.; Thompson and Campbell
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Newport Delaware MPS
NRHP reference # 93000628 [1]
Added to NRHP July 14, 1993

Newport Masonic Hall is historic building located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Armstrong Lodge No. 26, A. F. & A. M., it was built in 1913, and consists of a two-story, five bay, rectangular brick main block with a long, one-story rectangular rear wing to form a 'T'-plan. A large, arch-roofed brick addition was built in 1958. The building is in a restrained Colonial Revival style. The main block has a gable roof. It was designed with two commercial spaces on the ground floor, and a lodge room and auditorium on the second. [2]

Newport, Delaware Town in Delaware, United States

Newport is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is on the Christina River. It is best known for being the home of colonial inventor Oliver Evans. The population was 1,055 at the 2010 census. Four limited access highways, I-95, I-295, I-495, and Delaware Route 141 intersect within one mile (1.6 km) of the town.

New Castle County, Delaware County in the United States

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2010 census, the population was 538,479, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with just under 60% of the state's population of 897,936 in the same census. The county seat is Wilmington.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

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