Masonic Hall-Federal Commissary Building

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Masonic Hall-Federal Commissary Building

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Eastern side of the building
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Nearest city Smithland, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°8′25″N88°24′24″W / 37.14028°N 88.40667°W / 37.14028; -88.40667 Coordinates: 37°8′25″N88°24′24″W / 37.14028°N 88.40667°W / 37.14028; -88.40667
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Commercial
MPS Caught in the Middle: The Civil War on the Lower Ohio River MPS
NRHP reference #

98000939

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Added to NRHP August 13, 1998

The Masonic Hall in Smithland, Kentucky (also known as The Second Baptist Church), is a historic building constructed in 1860 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] It was originally constructed as a meeting hall for the local Masonic lodges (who continued to meet in the building until the 1960s). During the American Civil War it was used by the Federal Government as a Commissary office and store house. The basement of the building was occupied by the First Baptist Church from 1887 to 1913. The Masons sold the building in the 1960s and it became a restaurant. Since 1980, it has housed the Second Baptist (Mission) Church. [2]

Smithland, Kentucky City in Kentucky, United States

Smithland is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers. The population was 301 at the 2010 census, a drop from 401 in 2000. It is the county seat of Livingston County.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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Commissary (store)

A commissary is a store for provisions. The United States Defense Commissary Agency operates commissaries that are similar to supermarkets, providing service members with most of the same products available in the United States regardless of where they are stationed abroad. Commissaries sell primarily grocery articles; other items can be purchased at a base exchange (BX) or post exchange (PX).

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