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The Masonic Temple, home of Hiram Lodge No. 7 and built in 1823, was the first three-story building in Tennessee and at that time the tallest building west of the Allegheny Mountains. Hiram Lodge No. 7 has occupied it since its completion, making it one of the oldest continuing lodges at the same location in the United States. It was the site of President Andrew Jackson's treaty with Chickasaw Indians in 1830, and it served as an observation post and hospital at the time of the Battle of Franklin in November 1864.
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Franklin, Tennessee · United States
