The
Henry Wilson Coil Library & Museum of
Freemasonry is named after noted Masonic author
and Brother Henry Wilson Coil.
The author of
eight books, Coil’s most notable work is Coil’s
Masonic Encyclopedia (1961, revised in 1996),
the last well-known Masonic encyclopedia
published by an American author.
Founded in
1996 with a generous contribution from Henry
Wilson Coil, Jr., the library and museum
collections and archives cover centuries of
Masonic history as well as more than 150 years
of Freemasonry in California.
Address:
Henry Wilson Coil Library and Museum of
Freemasonry
California Masonic Memorial Temple
1111 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Hours:
Monday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
and by special appointment
Admission is free.
