Starr Lodge #118 A.F. & A.M. - Winona, TX
N 32° 29.351 W 095° 10.048
15S E 296344 N 3596730
Starr Lodge #118 A.F. & A.M. is at 205 S Main St, Winona, TX. Meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the first Thursday of the month, with a meal at 6:30 PM.
Waymark Code: WM11DYG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2019
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It's almost a cornerstone, a granite slab inside a steel frame in front of the building, and it reads:
Starr Lodge No. 118 A.F. & A.M.
Chartered Jan. 1, 1853 at Starrville Texas, Joshua Starr served as the first Master. Later the lodge was moved to Winona. Construction of this building was begun in 2005 and the first stated meeting was held September 2008
Dedicated to our true and trusty Brothers
Clarence G. Jackson and Keith Kingston
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"Starr" is a nod to Starrville, a few miles east of here, and today, a shadow of its former self. Usually it was the railroad that would bypass a town, leading to its demise, but in Starrville's case, the religious convictions of the community turned away the railroad and the outsiders that it would bring. From there, it was only a matter of time before Winona sprang up, and this lodge moved, along with the post office, to Winona in 1907.