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Date: 1888 Type: Masonic Hall Status: Extant Street: Du Toitspan Rd   Click to view large map Coordinates: 28°44'37.48" S 24°46'13.80" E Alt: 1233m

The Union Lodge initiated the erection of this building in 1886 after the Freemasons at the diamond fields of Kimberley realised the necessity to have an own Temple. The foundation-stone was laid on 18 December 1886. Cecil John Rhodes donated the stained glass window. This window was originally in the vestibule but was placed behind the altar in 1960. The temple was used as a temporary hospital during the Second Boer War. References: Dennis Edwards & Co. 1899. Picturesque South Africa : An Album of Two Hundred Choice Photographic Engravings. Cape Town: Dennis Edwards & Co. pg 148 Yuill, David William. 1984. The architecture of Kimberley 1871-1914. Johannesburg: Thesis (Masters), University of Witwatersrand. pg 58-59