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Zetland Hall  Zetland Hall (Chinese: 雍仁會館) is the name given to two buildings in Hong Kong, one historic, the other modern. Both have housed Masonic Lodges. The original Zetland Hall - BungalowThe original Zetland Hall, fondly referred to as The Bungalow, was the first meeting hall of the Freemasons in Hong Kong.[1] It was established in the Inland Lot 34. The second Zetland Hall was built in 1865 and destroyed by an American air raid in 1944, during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.[2] The building was located at the upper junction of Zetland Street and Ice House Street, where a Hong Kong Electric sub-station stands today. The building was designed by the Surveyor-General, Charles St George Cleverly, who also designed Government House. The building took its name from Zetland Lodge No. 525, the Masonic lodge that built it, and that was itself named for Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1844 to 1870.[2] Zetland Lodge remained in use until the Second World War when it was severely damaged during an air raid. [3] Third Zetland HallIn the meeting on 7th July 1947, the Zetland Hall Trustee decided to sell the land of second generation Zetland Hall, i.e. Inland Lot 1875, to Hong Kong Electric & Co. by HK$900,000. In the same meeting, the Trustee decided to buy the Inland Lot 1875, the land which established a Hotel called St. George's House, with the cost HK$125,000. [1] In May 1949, the land transaction was logged in the Land Registry of Hong Kong Government. [4] In 1949, the architectural firm of Leigh & Orange designed new premises for the Lodge at Inland Lot 1875, i.e. 1 Kennedy Road, Mid-Levels. The foundation stone of this Lodge Building was laid on 2nd April 1949 by Right Worshipful Brother Charles Bernard Brown - District Grand Master of English Constitution and Right Worshipful Brother Arthur Anderson Dand Hon. J.G.W. - District Grand Master of Scottish Constitution. This building is also known as Zetland Hall, and has become the headquarters of the District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and the Far East (which operates as part of the United Grand Lodge of England). English Constitution Lodges at Zetland HallNow, there are 19 (English Constitution) lodges under the District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and Far East, United Grand Lodge of England and meet at Zetland Hall, Hong Kong：
Note that, the Rising Lodge No. 1401 is constituted by District Grand Lodge of Hong Kong and Far East rather than Grand Lodge of Japan even it is having meetings at Kirby Hall of Kobe in Japan rather than at Zetland Hall in Hong Kong. References
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