Beulah Lodge

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Beulah Lodge
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Front of the Beulah Lodge, located off the northern side of Kentucky Route 70 in northern Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. Built in 1908, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location Kentucky Route 70, 0.5 miles west of its junction with Kentucky Route 109, near Dawson Springs, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°16′17″N87°41′24″W / 37.27139°N 87.69000°W / 37.27139; -87.69000
Arealess than one acre
Built1908
Built bySisk, Amos
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Hopkins County MPS
NRHP reference No. 88002718 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1989

Beulah Lodge, in the small community of Beulah near Dawson Springs, Kentucky, is a two-story frame structure built in 1908. A one-story rear addition was added in c.1940. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

It was built in part as a meeting hall for the Beulah Lodge 609 F & AM (Free and Accepted Masons) (which, as of 2018 still uses the second floor as its lodge hall), [3] and to serve as a worship space for the local community (its first floor has served various church congregations as a worship space). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Philip Thomason (July 28, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beulah Lodge". National Park Service . Retrieved March 1, 2018. With three photos.
  3. "Kentucky Lodge Information – The Grand Lodge of Kentucky F. & A.M." grandlodgeofkentucky.org. Retrieved March 1, 2018.