Parker Masonic Hall

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Parker Masonic Hall
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Location 130 S. Cherry Ave., Parker, South Dakota
Coordinates 43°23′55″N97°8′3″W / 43.39861°N 97.13417°W / 43.39861; -97.13417 Coordinates: 43°23′55″N97°8′3″W / 43.39861°N 97.13417°W / 43.39861; -97.13417
Area less than one acre
Built 1925
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP reference #

04000761

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Added to NRHP July 28, 2004

The Masonic Hall in Parker, South Dakota is a historic building dating from 1925. It was originally constructed as a residence by one of a local banker. After a fire in 1931, the building was purchased by the Parker Masonic lodge and converted into a lodge meeting hall. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

Parker, South Dakota City in South Dakota, United States

Parker is a city in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,024 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Turner County. It is bordered on its eastern side by South Dakota State Highway 19. Its northern side is bordered by South Dakota State Highway 44. It is about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Chancellor, 42 miles (68 km) east of Parkston, and 41 miles (66 km) south of Madison.

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.

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

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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