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Nation's oldest black Masons' lodge could replace Grove Hall HQ with hotel and conference center

By adamg on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 10:56pm

The Bay State Banner reports on the possible development plans of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge on Washington Street.

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Roxbury
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Development
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Grove Hall


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Comments

By anon on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 6:25am.

Does anyone know why in the year 2016 we have separate but equal lodges for blacks and whites?

By anon on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 9:53am.

Does anyone know why in the year 2016 there are Masons at all? What is this, Middle Earth?

By Masons on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 11:04am.

Because we secretly run the world as part of a vast conspiracy and keep the space aliens under wraps.

By ScottR on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 12:35pm.

I believe you're thinking of the Stonecutters

By leviramsey on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 1:07pm.

The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts is not whites/non-blacks only, for one thing, so "separate but equal" isn't accurate. There was a proposal 20-odd years ago when the Grand Lodges began to formally recognize each other's existence that the two Grand Lodges merge, but the Prince Hall Grand Lodge rejected it.

By anon on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 10:28pm.

They have their own separate group.

By Hugo on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 9:00am.

Is there really a market for a conference center and hotel in a neighborhood 5 miles from downtown and not near good transit options?

By marcel cannon on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 10:01am.

Yes.

By bgl on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 2:29pm.

Its about 3-3.5 miles away from "downtown" Boston.

By DEMO on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 9:50am.

Many of my close relatives have all come to visit Prince Hall from the South and Midwest.

I am sure they would have loved to stay at a hotel on site.

Make it happen.

By BB from Dot on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 10:48am.

Why is this property exempted from property taxes?