Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Placer County
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16 December 2013
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24 North Main Street
Colfax
Built 1868
A plaque on the front of the building reads:
Illinoistown Lodge No. 51
Free and Accepted Masons
A special Central Pacific train brought the Sacramento Coronet Band and fifty guests for the Dedication of
this building June 24, 1868.
This Plaque commemorates 150 years of Masonic fraternity in Colfax.
Dedicated September 3, 2004 by the Grand Master of California.
Chartered by Grand Lodge of California On May 6, 1854 at Illinoistown (about a half mile South of Colfax)
Some Masonic Halls in California
Alameda, Benicia, Berkeley, Camptonville, Colfax, Columbia, Daly City, Downieville, Ferndale, Fort Bragg, Grass Valley, Greenville, Hornitos, Jamestown, Knights Ferry, Mendocino, Milton, Murphys, Nevada City, North Bloomfield, Orland, Sacramanto, Sacramanto (Eastern Star Hall), Saint Helena, San Francisco (1849), San Francisco (1911), Shasta State Historic Park, Sonoma, Suison City, Susanville, Tehama, Vallejo, Westwood, Wheatland, Willows, Woodbridge
Other Masonic Halls in The American West
Ashland, Oregon; Austin, Nevada; Genoa, Nevada; Gardnerville, Nevada