Mount Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59

Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59 is a historic building at Crownsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was constructed in 1899, and is a small, two-story wood frame building, with a gable roof. A small one-story gable roof addition was made in 2000. Founded as the United Sons and Daughters of Levi Beneficial Society, No. 1 of Mount Tabor, it later joined the Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, an African-American beneficial and temperance society for both men and women,[2] as Mount Tabor Lodge No. 59. It is associated with the African American beneficial or benevolent society movement, and is one of six surviving African American benevolent society buildings in the state. The structure is located behind the Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church.[3][4]

Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge #59
Mt. Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge, July 2009
Nearest cityCrownsville, Maryland
Coordinates39°0′34″N 76°37′49″W
Built1899
ArchitectHawkins, Lawrence, Sr.
NRHP reference No.01000724 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 2001

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Google Books: What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality, Princeton University Press, by Theda Skocpol, Ariane Liazos, Marshall Ganz, p. 46.
  3. Donna Ware (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Tabor Good Samaritan Lodge No. 59" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  4. Anne Arundel County: Crownsville Small Area Plan: Community History, 2000, p. 14


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