1948 - Conroe Masonic Lodge - Conroe, Texas
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N 30° 18.672 W 095° 27.498
15R E 263610 N 3355830
This building was erected in 1948 as the city's new Masonic Lodge, replacing an older nearby structure built in 1911. Its ground floor was originally leased to JC Penney's, is now being used by a local Furniture company.
Waymark Code: WMJ53P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2013
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A brief history of the Masonic Lodge and its related 1948 building, per: (
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"Dispensation to form a Masonic Lodge in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas was issued by the Grand Lodge of Texas on May 23, 1893. On December 6, 1894, the Grand Lodge granted it a charter and assigned it number 748.
The Conroe Lodge is presently occupying the third building in its history. The first building was destroyed by fire on February 22, 1911 when the entire city business district burned. In April 1911, the Lodge purchased a lot on the east side of the present courthouse square and constructed a two-story building, which is still in use today.
The Lodge moved into its present quarters at 311 Simonton Street in 1948. The ground floor was leased to J. C. Penney Company for many years and is now occupied by Southwestern Furniture Company."
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