HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
This building houses the Masonic Lodges, other Masonic bodies and the Masonic Club in Singapore. Freemasonry began in Singapore in 1845 with the consecration of Lodge Ireland No. 748 at the Masonic Room in Armenian Street. Between 1845-1879, Freemasons held meetings in different places, until in 1879 when they moved into this building at Coleman Street, where the Freemasons’ Hall is located.
In 1878, the land grant for the building to be used as a Freemason Lodge was issued to R.W. Brother William Henry Macleod Read, the Distinct Grand Master and his successors. The former laid the foundation stone on 14 April 1879 and also consecrated the building on 27 December 1879.
Throughout history, freemasons as a society, has a vast and diverse international membership which cuts across race, religion and nationality. It includes prominent politicians, artists, musicians, astronauts, educators and professionals. Among them were Sir Stamford Raffles, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the President of United States, George Washington.
In 1878, the land grant for the building to be used as a Freemason Lodge was issued to R.W. Brother William Henry Macleod Read, the Distinct Grand Master and his successors. The former laid the foundation stone on 14 April 1879 and also consecrated the building on 27 December 1879.
Throughout history, freemasons as a society, has a vast and diverse international membership which cuts across race, religion and nationality. It includes prominent politicians, artists, musicians, astronauts, educators and professionals. Among them were Sir Stamford Raffles, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the President of United States, George Washington.
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