A plaque on the front of the building reads:

Illinoistown Lodge No. 51

Free and Accepted Masons
Chartered by Grand Lodge of California On May 6, 1854 at Illinoistown (about a half mile South of Colfax)

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.

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