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Dale Masonic Lodge at Camden, AL (built ca. 1848)

Antebellum, Civil War | Camden in Wilcox County  

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The Dale Masonic Lodge organized at Dale Town (later Prairie Bluff) in 1827. When the town declined in the 1840s, members voted to move the lodge to Camden. The Dale Masonic Lodge building that’s shown was built circa 1848. Union troops camped in this building while passing through Camden in 1865. In 1936, the building was photographed and recorded in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). In 1939, it was recorded by the pioneer female photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston, in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS).

This historic building is located at the intersection of Broad Street and Clifton Street near downtown Camden, AL (Street View – Google Maps).

Sources: 1) Wilcox Historical Society; 2) U. S. Library of Congress.

The slider at the top provides pictures of this historic building. B&W photographs courtesy of the U. S. Library of Congress (HABS), photographer: E. W. Russell, date: June 15, 1936.

Tags: alabama, antebellum, black belt, camden, civil war, wilcox county

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama’s Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE HOMES INCLUDED ARE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARE DRIVE BY ONLY.

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Dedicated to the memory of Stacy Milstead Henson (1978-2008) & Inez “Sis” Watts (1924-2007).

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