- Mount Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59
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Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59
Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge, July 2009
Nearest city: Crownsville, Maryland Coordinates: 39°0′34″N 76°37′49″W / 39.00944°N 76.63028°WCoordinates: 39°0′34″N 76°37′49″W / 39.00944°N 76.63028°W Built: 1899 Architect: Hawkins, Lawrence, Sr. Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 01000724
[1]Added to NRHP: July 20, 2001 Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59 is a historic building at Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was constructed in 1899, and is a small, two-story wood frame building, with a gable roof. A small one-story gable roof addition was made in 2000. Founded as the United Sons and Daughters of Levi Beneficial Society, No. 1 of Mount Tabor, it later joined the Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, an African-American beneficial and temperance society for both men and women,[2] as Mount Tabor Lodge No. 59. It is associated with the African American beneficial or benevolent society movement, and is one of six surviving African American benevolent society buildings in the state. The structure is located behind the Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Google Books: What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality, Princeton University Press, by Theda Skocpol, Ariane Liazos, Marshall Ganz, p. 46.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59, Anne Arundel County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1265&COUNTY=Anne%20Arundel&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Anne%20Arundel.
- ^ Anne Arundel County: Crownsville Small Area Plan: Community History, 2000, p. 14
External links
- Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59, Anne Arundel County, including photo from 2001, at Maryland Historical Trust
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Lists by county Allegany • Anne Arundel • Baltimore County • Calvert • Caroline • Carroll • Cecil • Charles • Dorchester • Frederick • Garrett • Harford • Howard • Kent • Montgomery • Prince George's • Queen Anne's • Somerset • St. Mary's • Talbot • Washington • Wicomico • Worcester
Lists by city Other lists Categories:- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Buildings and structures in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- African American history
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
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