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Masonic Lodge #479

Boyd, Wise County

Marker Text

Built 1877 at Old Aurora (2 miles east). Lower floor used first as school with rent $2.50 a month, then as drug store, post office. Second floor always lodge hall. Moved here 1900, in one piece, as Aurora, missed by railroad, began to decline.

Marker Details

Address S Evans at W. Rock Island
Location Description S. Evans at W. Rock Island, Boyd
Marker # 3244
Dedicated 1965
Size, Type Medallion and Plate
Code fraternal organizations; buildings
Latitude, Longitude 33.078945, -97.566135

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