Masonic Temple, Perserverance Lodge No. 4

Status: Closed

Parish: Orleans

Location: New Orleans

“Perhaps the oldest music venue with significance for the African American experience in Louisiana was not any type of saloon, but a Masonic Temple. Perseverance Lodge No. 4, which was built in New Orleans in 1820 and is listed on the National Register, was a white Masonic hall, but provided a venue for some of the earliest performances of African American bands known (Figure 104). Located in the Faubourg Treme, where many Free People of Color lived, and within close proximity to Congo Square, the hall also was available for use by other members of the public and became renowned as a place to see the city’s African American performers.”

Perseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4 – New Orleans Music Map (acloserwalknola.com)