Our Meeting Place
The Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center, home to Dallas Lodge No. 231.
Dallas Lodge No. 231 meets at the Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center (GPMC) in Ross Township, in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, less than ten minutes from downtown. The Center is home to many Blue Lodges and Masonic bodies, and it also serves the wider community as a venue for meetings, performances and private events.
Getting here
- Address: 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
- Parking: Plenty of free parking on site
- Accessibility: A single-level building that is fully accessible
- Building office: (412) 931-1996
A Masonic home since 1850
The Center is operated by the Masonic Fund Society for the County of Allegheny, which has provided a home for Pittsburgh’s Masonic lodges for more than 175 years. Dallas Lodge is represented on the Society through its Director to the Masonic Fund Society.
- 1850 – The Masonic Fund Society is chartered to acquire a site for a Masonic hall.
- 1851 – Masonic Hall is dedicated on Fifth Street in downtown Pittsburgh.
- 1887 – Fire destroys the hall, along with the warrant of our predecessor Oakland Lodge No. 535.
- 1889 – Freemasons’ Hall is dedicated on the same site.
- 1915 – The Masonic Temple opens in Oakland. Today it is a historic landmark and the University of Pittsburgh’s Alumni Hall.
- 1996 – Pittsburgh’s Masons move to the new Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center in the North Hills.
Museum & Library
The GPMC is home to Western Pennsylvania’s leading Masonic museum and library. The library holds more than 2,000 volumes on Masonic and fraternal history, including the region’s largest collection of lodge histories. The museum preserves more than 3,000 artifacts, including aprons, regalia and memorabilia. Research visits can be arranged through the Center.
Our Masonic neighbors
Dallas Lodge shares the Center with lodges and appendant bodies from across the Masonic family, including:
- Lodge No. 45, founded in 1785 and the oldest lodge west of the Alleghenies
- Franklin/St. John’s/Trinity Lodge No. 221, whose Past Master instructed the founders of Dallas Lodge No. 508 in 1872
- Corinthian Lodge No. 573
- Chartiers Valley Lodge No. 725
- Perry-Ionic Lodge No. 796
- Scottish Rite Valley of Pittsburgh
- Zerrubabel-Duquesne Royal Arch Chapter No. 162
- Mt. Moriah Council No. 2, Royal and Select Masters
- Pittsburgh Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar
- Islam Grotto, M.O.V.P.E.R.
