1961 - Pleasanton Lodge 283 A.E. & A.M. - Pleasanton, TX
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N 28° 58.214 W 098° 29.057
14R E 550245 N 3204797
Where better to find a properly laid cornerstone than on a Masonic Lodge! This stone is at the corner of N. Main Street and Virginia Street in Pleasanton, TX. Use street address of 107 Virginia Street, Pleasanton, TX if you don't use the GPS coords.
Waymark Code: WM12H2W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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This Masonic Lodge building has an impressive historical heritage and the members have displayed many markers on the N. Main Street side of their Lodge telling of some of its historic moments. The pink granite cornerstone is set at chest height on the proper right of the building side with the main entrance door. The side of the cornerstone with the installation date is facing N. Main Street. The side of the cornerstone with the Lodge identification and titled officers is facing toward Virginia Street.

Besides the cornerstone, there are historical markers and a gray granite monument displaying many Masonic associations.
Year of construction: 1961

Full inscription:
(N. Main Street side)
Leveled by
The Grand Lodge
of Texas
A.F. & A. M.
William Proctor - Grandmaster
August 1961 (symbol) 5961

(Virginia Street side)
Pleasanton Lodge 283
A.F. & A. M.
Chartered June 14, 1866
J.W. Shipman W.M.
R.E. Despain S.W.
V.O. Fraiser J.W.
R.D. Quillian Tres.
A.R. Eckert Secy.
P.P. Dawson Chaplain
T. Moffitt S.D.
R.S. Dowdy J.D.
G.C. Foster S.S.
O. Foster J.S.
W.A. McCoy Tiler


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