List of Masonic buildings includes notable buildings around the world associated with Freemasonry. Often these are significant landmarks in their towns or cities, and reflect the influence of Masons at one time. Most are buildings built for exclusive or shared use by Masonic lodges, Grand Lodges or other Masonic bodies. Many include original commercial space on ground or lower floors, with space intended for group meetings above. (For a list of those within the United States, see: List of Masonic buildings in the United States)
Most of the buildings on this list were purpose-built to house Masonic lodge meetings and ritual activities. In a few cases, Masonic bodies converted existing landmark buildings to Masonic use.William D. Moore (2006), Masonic temples: Freemasonry, Ritual Architecture, and Masculine Archetypes, University of Tennessee Press. , . Also included are buildings constructed by the Freemasons as part of their charitable endeavors (such as hospitals and schools). This list is intended to include any building having some form of landmark status such as being listed on heritage registers, and other notable ones as well.
Australia New South Wales
Artarmon Masonic Centre, Artarmon (1923)the building was sold to a developer in the 1990s and demolished Dubbo Masonic Centre, Dubbo (1888)under renovation in 2021Freemasons Dubbo Masonic Temple, Illawarra ()listed on the State Heritage Inventory Maitland Lodge of Unity Masonic Hall and Lodge, Maitland (1887)listed on the State Heritage InventoryMaitland Lodge of Unity Masonic Hall and Lodge Murwillumbah Masonic Temple, Murwillumbah (1909)Our History: Freemasonry on the Tweed Royal Arch Temple, Petershamits Egyptian Room, originally built within the Scottish Royal Arch Temple at 22-24 College Street Sydney in 1927 and later moved, is listed on the State Heritage InventoryEgyptian Room Scottish Temple Sydney Masonic Centre, Sydney
Queensland
Barcaldine Masonic Templestate-level registered Blackall Masonic Templestate-level registered Brisbane Masonic Templestate-level registered Cairns Masonic Templestate-level registered Charters Towers Masonic Lodgestate-level registered Cooroora Masonic Temple, Pomonastate-level registeredCooroora Masonic Temple (former) Isis Masonic Lodge, Childersstate-level registered Mackay Masonic Templestate-level registered Townsville Masonic Hallstate-level registered Mount Morgan Masonic Templestate-level registered Mount Perry Masonic Lodgestate-level registered Rockhampton Masonic Hallstate-level registered St George's Masonic Centre, Warwicklisted on the Queensland Heritage Register Yangan Masonic Hallstate-level registered
South Australia Freemasons Hall, North Terrace, AdelaideAdelaide Masonic Centre Museum in the buildingBuilding is used by Adelaide University [Australian Institute of Architecture about it] Port Adelaide Masonic Hall, Port Adelaide (1927)
Victoria Collingwood United Masonic Temple, Abbotsford Ballarat Masonic Centre, Ballarat Bendigo Chinese Masonic Temple () listed on the Victorian Heritage Register; despite its name, the building's links with Freemasonry are unclear Bendigo Masonic Hall (1873)repurposed as the The Capital, listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Masonic Hall, (1867–1868)listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Emulation Hall, (1927–1928)listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Creswick Masonic Centre, CreswickCreswick Havilah Lodge (same?) Ivalda Masonic Temple, Darebincurrently used by Fairfield Lodge per a lodge website Dallas Brooks Centre, Melbourne (1969) concert hall built in 1969 as "Dallas Brooks Center", by the United Grand Lodge Victoria (UGLV). Renamed in 1993. A major events venue in Melbourne. One of only two significant surviving brutalist strip architecture examples left in Australia, the other being the 1968-built National Library of Australia building in Canberra. Freemasons Hospital, Melbournelisted on the Victorian Heritage Database;Freemasons Hospital listing on the Victorian Heritage Database originally constructed by the United Grand Lodge of Victoria as an "intermediate" or "community" hospital for Freemasons and their families. The hospital was purchased in 2006 by ING Real Estate in 2006, and leased to Epworth Healthcare Royal Freemasons Homes, Punt Road and Moubray Street, Melbourne (1910)cottages listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Masonic Centre, Sandringham (1931)ceased use as a lodge in 2017; repurposed as a community centre by the City of Bayside; listed on the Victorian Heritage Register
Western Australia
Albany Masonic Hall, Albany (1903)listed on the Western Australia Heritage Register Masonic Temple, 134 Burt Street, Kalgoorlie-Boulder (1901–1902)built in the Federation Academic Classical style Masonic Temple, 26 Egan Street, Kalgoorlie-Boulder (1899)pink sandstone building built in the Federation Academic Classical style Urwin's Store, Toodyaythe local lodge rented the upstairs rooms from 1899 to 1924 before moving to its current premises
Tasmania Bothwell Masonic Hall, Bothwell Deloraine Masonic Hall, Deloraine Devonport Masonic Hall, Devonport Franklin Masonic Hall, Franklin Glenorchy Masonic Hall, Glenorchy Hobart Masonic Centre, Hobart Launceston Masonic Centre, Launceston Lindisfarne Masonic Hall, Lindisfarne New Norfolk Masonic Hall, New Norfolk Newstead Masonic Hall, Newstead North West Masonic Centre, Hillcrest Oatlands Masonic Hall, Oatlands Old Town Hall, Ross Pembroke Masonic Hall, Sorell Queenstown Masonic Hall, Queenstown Scottsdale Masonic Hall, Scottsdale Sheffield Masonic Hall, Sheffield Wynyard Masonic Hall, Wynyard
Bermuda State House, St. George's - The oldest stone building in Bermuda, it housed Bermuda's Parliament from 1620 until 1815, when the capital was relocated to Hamilton. Since 1815 it has been leased in perpetuity to a Masonic Lodge.
Canada
Alberta Masonic Hall Museum, on "1905 St" in Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton
Newfoundland and Labrador Masonic Temple (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) - Designated a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador in April 1995. The building is currently owned by Spirit of Newfoundland, and used mainly by artists of all artistic genres, with the core business being dinner and show.
Ontario CTV Temple-Masonic Temple in Toronto — Added to the City of Toronto Heritage Property Inventory in 1974, and designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1997. Originally constructed as a Masonic Hall, the building has changed hands a number of times. From the 1960s through the 1990s, it housed a succession of live music clubs. Later in the 1990s, it was the home of Open Mike with Mike Bullard, and was one of CTV Toronto's news bureaus. From March 2006, the building became the broadcast home of the new MTV Canada. On June 17, 2013, the building was purchased by the Info-Tech Research Group. Info-Tech announced that its plans for the building include staging an annual charity rock concert in the auditorium.
Quebec Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple in Montreal — Prominent Beaux-Arts style building completed in 1930, a National Historic Site.
Denmark Freemasons' Hall, Copenhagen
Hong Kong Zetland Hall is the headquarters of the District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and the Far East.Information , Zetland Lodge website, accessed July 23, 2010 Hong Kong Freemasons built the first Zetland Hall in 1865 and used it until it was destroyed in an air raid in 1944.History of Zetland Hall , Zetland Lodge website, accessed July 23, 2010 In 1949 it was replaced by the second Zetland Hall.
India Goshamal Baradari, in Hyderabad, India, built in 1682,Masonic Lodge and Picquet Tank, Secunderabad , British Library, accessed September 1, 2010 and donated to the fraternity in 1872 by the Nizam of Hyderabad,Goshamahal Baradari Masonic Hall St. John's Masonic Lodge & Temple in Secunderabad, built circa 1820s by British Army officers.
Liberia
Monrovia - During the First Liberian Civil War, the Grand Masonic Temple in Monrovia was the scene of many battles.Old Ruling Elite Making a Comeback in Liberia , Tim Sullivan, Associated Press, September 29, 2001. and its ruins became home to 8000 squatters.Liberia- No More War , Jessie Deeter, Frontline (PBS), May 2005. The Masons managed to evict them by 2005 and the building was renovated in 2018.
Malaysia
In 1977, Malaysia had 55 lodges and 2,984 "expert" members. Halls include: Freemason Hall, 74 Jalan Chan Koon Cheng, Melaka Penang Masonic Temple, in PenangHistory of the Masonic Temple building in Penang, Prince of Wales Lodge Accessed, 1 Sept 2010
New Zealand
Masonic Lodge, Poutu Road, Aratapu. Built in the early 1900s, this was a category 2 historic place (#3869). Lost to fire during 2003. Arrow Kilwinning Lodge, 9 Wiltshire Street, Arrowtown. Category 1 historic place (#2110), listed 10 December 2010. Cromwell Kilwinning Lodge No 98, 69 Melmore Terrace, Cromwell. Built in 1900. Category 2 historic place (#2130), listed 22 June 2007. Masonic Hall, 21 Kimbolton Road, Feilding. Built during 1897–98. A category 2 historic place (#1230). A 1913 renovation added an Edwardian Free Classical style facade designed by C. Tilleard Natusch & Sons. Lost to redevelopment during 2014. Masonic Lodge, 132 Percival Street, Rangiora. Brick, concrete and iron building with a facing of Oamaru Stone, this was a Category 2 historic place (#3785). Damaged in Canterbury earthquakes, demolished in 2013.
Pakistan Masonic Temple, Lahore; meeting place for Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No. 782 Freemasons Lodge Building, Karachi. Built by the Freemason's Trust before World War I; now used by the Sindh Wildlife Department Conservator; renovations began in circa 2008.Amar Guriro, Renovation of the historical Freemason Lodge initiated , Daily Times (Pakistan), January 4, 2009
Philippines
Metro Manila Plaridel Masonic Temple, Gen. Luna St, Paco, Manila Masonic Temple at Escolta, Manila, on the Pasig River, apparently the tallest building in the "Wall Street of the Philippines" area in the 1910s. Jacobo Zobel Masonic Temple, Makati Capitol Masonic Temple, Quezon City
Visayas Aklan Masonic Temple, Kalibo, Aklan Bacolod Masonic Temple, Bacolod, Negros Occidental Cebu Masonic Temple, Cebu City, Cebu Iloilo Masonic Temple, Iloilo City, Iloilo
Mindanao Maguindanao Masonic Temple, Cagayan de Oro Kitanglay Masonic Temple, Gimampang, Misamis Oriental
Singapore
Masonic Hall, 23A Coleman Street, Central Region English Renaissance style,Masonic Hall - Singapore, per historic plaque in video.
Spain
Masonic Temple of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Sri Lanka Victoria Masonic Temple, Colombo
United Kingdom
England
London Freemasons' Hall, London is the home of the United Grand Lodge of England Mark Masons' Hall Headquarters, Order of Women Freemasons, a 19th-century building at 27 Pembridge Gardens, Notting Hill, which is a Grade II listed building, that since 1924 has been home of Order of Women Freemasons Hexagon House, Surbiton. Headquarters of the British Federation of Le Droit Humain, The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, a Co-Masonic order. Cheltenham Masonic Hall Grade II* listed. The Cloisters, Letchworth is a Grade II* listed building. The Hanging Chapel in Langport is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument that became a masonic hall in 1891. Old Orchard Street Theatre, Bath Theatre and church which became a masonic hall in 1865. Phoenix Lodge, Sunderland. A Grade I listed building with the longest continuous usage of a Masonic meeting place in the world. Royal Masonic School for Boys in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Royal Masonic School in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. (Chapel is Grade II listed).
Scotland Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh. Headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.