Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Placer County
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