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 Fort Griffin Lodge Hall
N 32° 56.030 W 099° 13.823
14S E 478461 N 3643974
Texas Historical Marker at the old Fort Griffin Lodge Hall, on Shackelford County Rd 184, a bit north of the old center of town, providing some history of this building and those who have occupied it.
Waymark Code: WM11H6D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2019
Views: 5
There's a 1980s-era photo of the lodge, minus its roof, doors, and windows, in T. Lindsey Baker's "Ghost Towns of Texas". He refers to it as a school in the notes in italics at the end of his entry for Fort Griffin.
Marker Number: 1988
Marker Text:
On site acquired Aug. 18, 1877, for Fort Griffin Lodge No. 489, A.F. & A.M., chartered on Dec. 14, 1878. Stone was quarried nearby on Collins Creek. Volunteers built hall. School, civic affairs, church services of many denominations were held downstairs, the lodge upstairs. In 1881, community was dealt two blows: the U.S. Army vacated Fort Griffin and the Texas Central Railroad Line bypassed the town. In 1886, the lodge moved to Throckmorton.
School, held here until 1937, was consolidated with Albany in 1942. Structure is still used by clubs and for church services.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973
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