Prince Hall Historic District
A tour of the Raleigh Historic Landmarks (RHL) located in the local Prince Hall Historic Overlay District (HOD). Prince Hall is Raleigh’s first African American and Mixed Use local historic district.
Period of Significance: 1855-1953
Masonic Temple Building (Prince Hall)
This three-story brick building with Italianate details housed commercial space on the first floor, a meeting hall on the second floor, and the Masonic Hall on the third floor. It was built in 1907 by Raleigh's earliest African American fraternal orders: the Widow's Sons' Lodge #4,…
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Tupper Memorial Baptist Church
Dr. Henry Martin Tupper founded the church in 1866 as Second Baptist Church, providing religious services and classes for African Americans, including theological training for preachers, adult education, and eventually high school and grade school lessons. Eventually, classes outgrew the church and…
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Gethsemane Seventh Day Adventist Church
Gethsemane Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 501 South Person Street was the first SDA church, black or white, established in Raleigh. Many of Gethsemane’s elders and pastors went on to become influential leaders in the black SDA movement, most notably Benjamin W. Abney, its founding pastor. In the…
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