With considerable historic value, the Masonic Temple and Theatre is associated with some of New Bern’s most prominent citizens.
New Bern Mason’s Hall, completed in 1809, is the oldest continually used masonic building in North Carolina, and is home to historic St. John’s Lodge No. 3 and the Historic Masonic theatre.
Masonic Temple and Theater 03/16/1972
The Masonic Temple and Theater is of considerable historic value locally for its association with some of New Bern’s most prominent citizens and for the long continuous use of the structure as a Masonic hall and theater. It is of architectural significance as a fine Federal structure that, despite remodeling, remains much as built. The most notable feature of the building is the superbly rendered and well-preserved group of mid-nineteenth-century trompe l’ceil paintings, which are unique in design and execution in North Carolina.
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