Near Chickamauga in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Chickamauga Prince Hall Lodge No. 221
Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia
| | First Charter 1915, Second Charter June 11, 1926 | |
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 6, 2021
1. Chickamauga Prince Hall Lodge No. 221 Marker (Side A)
Present building completed in 1924, rededication, 1952. Organized by once enslaved and first generation freed African Americans. During segregation, in Walker County's African American communities, Masons are active in the building & support of schools, churches, needy children & widows, laying cornerstones, funeral rites, burial insurance & social events. 1915 Charter: Rev. Kendall, Worshipful Master; C.D. Haslerig, Sr. Warden; C.S. Shellman, Jr. Warden; Archie Haslerig, Sec.; Sam Dodson, Treas.; John Daniel, Tyler.
Worshipful Masters: C.D. Haslerig, C.W. Haslerig, W. A. Haslerig, Joseph McGinitis, Louis Moss, Raymond Smith, Bill Madden, Ray Hinton, Moses Cleveland, Lafayette Daniel, Joseph T. Suttle, Sam Mitchell, David Myers & Eddie W. Foster, Sr.
Order of Eastern Stars
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Erected 2010 by Walker County African American Historical & Alumni Association, Inc.
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Location. 34° 51.417′ N, 85° 18.304′ W. Marker is near Chickamauga, Georgia, in Walker County. It is at the intersection of Cove Road (Georgia Route 341) and Knox Drive, on the right when traveling south on Cove Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1378 Highway 341 South, Chickamauga GA 30707, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cavalry Corps. (approx. 1.1 miles away); Wheeler's Cavalry Corps (approx. 1.1 miles away); 26th Tennessee Infantry / 1st Georgia Infantry Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); American Indian Occupation of the Area (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Real Rock of Chickamauga (approx. 1.2 miles away); Clark Lee: Chickamauga's Black Confederate Soldier (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Gordon - Lee Mansion (approx. 1.2 miles away); Contributions of Enslaved African to the Area (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chickamauga.
Other markers no longer nearby.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 6, 2021
2. Chickamauga Prince Hall Lodge No. 221 Marker (Side B)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 6, 2021
3. Chickamauga Prince Hall Lodge No. 221 Marker
Walker County African-American Historical and Alumni Association, Inc., circa 2006
4. Chickamauga Prince Hall Lodge No. 221 in 2006
National Register of Historic Places website entry:
The building was covered with red asphalt siding at the time.
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The building was covered with red asphalt siding at the time.
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Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 645 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
