The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Mason. The tower is fashioned after the ancient Lighthouse of Ostia in Ostia Antica (or Rome).[5][6][7] The 333-foot (101 m)[8][9] tall memorial sits atop Shooter's Hill[10][11][12] (also known as Shuter's Hill)[13] at 101 Callahan Drive. Construction began in 1922,[1] the building was dedicated in 1932,[2] and the interior finally completed in 1970.[14] In July 2015,[4] it was designated a National Historic Landmark[15] for its architecture, and as one of the largest-scale private memorials to honor Washington.[16]
The memorial is served by the King Street–Old Town Metro station on the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro.[10] The station is located about four blocks from the memorial.
^ ab"Start Alexandria Memorial Temple." Washington Post. June 6, 1922.
^ abShepperson, Charles M. "Masonic Fete Draws 150,000 to Alexandria." Washington Post. May 12, 1932.
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^ ab"Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties [for National Register of Historic Places]: 8/03/15 through 8/07/15". National Park Service. August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
^Talbert, p. 211.
^"Port of Trajan at Ostia">, pp. 60–61.
^Kocyba, p. 23.
^Hutton, Margaret. "George Washington Masonic National Memorial." Washington Post. No date. Archived November 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2011-03-21.
^Conroy, Sarah Booth. "Those Revolutionary Masons." Washington Post. February 16, 1992.
^ abColbert, p. 14.
^Smith, p. 79.
^Shooter's Hill is named for the Shooter's Hill area of South London. The Smith family, which owned Shooter's Hill, came from the Shooter's Hill area of London and claim descent from the explorer Captain John Smith. See: Smedes, p. 12; "Smith, William Morgan, M.D.", pp. 555–556. However, some archeologists believe the name was derived from the last name of an inhabitant in the 1740s. See: Allen, Mike. "City's Hill Holds 5,000 Years of History." Washington Post. May 22, 1997.
^Voges, p. 198; Connelly, p. 125.
^Seghers, George D. "The George Washington Masonic Memorial Centennial Celebration." Scottish Rite Journal. January–February, 2001. Archived 2013-01-13 at archive.today
^Sullivan, Patricia (August 4, 2015). "Alexandria's Washington Masonic Memorial named a national landmark". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^"NHL nomination for George Washington Masonic National Memorial" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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