Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31

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Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31
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Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31, November 2012
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Location312 Main St., Milan, Indiana
Coordinates 39°07′30″N85°07′54″W / 39.12500°N 85.13167°W / 39.12500; -85.13167 Coordinates: 39°07′30″N85°07′54″W / 39.12500°N 85.13167°W / 39.12500; -85.13167
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
ArchitectGriffith, H.C.
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 12001155 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 2013

Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31 is a historic Masonic lodge located at Milan, Ripley County, Indiana. It was built in 1900, and is a two-story, brick building with modest Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne style design elements. It features elliptical and round-arched openings, a steeply pitched gable roof, pyramidal tower, stained glass windows, and wood detailing in the gable ends. It is the oldest continuously active Masonic Lodges in Ripley County. [2] :3, 9

A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Every new lodge must be warranted or chartered by a Grand Lodge, but is subject to its direction only in enforcing the published constitution of the jurisdiction. By exception the three surviving lodges that formed the world's first known grand lodge in London have the unique privilege to operate as time immemorial, i.e., without such warrant; only one other lodge operates without a warrant – the Grand Stewards' Lodge in London, although it is not also entitled to the "time immemorial" title. A Freemason is generally entitled to visit any lodge in any jurisdiction in amity with his own. In some jurisdictions this privilege is restricted to Master Masons. He is first usually required to check, and certify, the regularity of the relationship of the Lodge – and be able to satisfy that Lodge of his regularity of membership. Freemasons gather together as a Lodge to work the three basic Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason.

Milan, Indiana Town in Indiana, United States

Milan is a town in Franklin and Washington townships, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,899 at the 2010 census.

Ripley County, Indiana U.S. county in Indiana

Ripley County is a county located at the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 28,818. The county seat is Versailles.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13. National Park Service. 2013-01-18.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01.Note: This includes Jaime L. Destefano (March 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.