Red Men Hall (Los Angeles)

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Redmen's Hall
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The hall from Shepard Street
Location543 Shepard Street, San Pedro,
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 33°42′24″N118°17′20″W / 33.70667°N 118.28889°W / 33.70667; -118.28889
Built1915
Architectural style(s) American Craftsman
Governing bodyPrivate
DesignatedApril 29, 2003 [1]
Reference no.751
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Location of Redmen's Hall in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

The Red Men Hall, listed as the Redmen's Hall, is a historic structure that houses a fraternal organization near the coast in the San Pedro community of Los Angeles, California.

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Historic structure

Initially built as a library in 1915, the hall is a two-story American Craftsman style structure located on a hillside overlooking the Port of Los Angeles. The interior contains local wood paneling and exposed ceiling beams. The City designated the hall as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #751) in 2003.

Fraternal organization

A local lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal organization which draws on customs assumed to be used by Native Americans, has occupied the building for nearly all of its existence. [2] [3] Sequoia Tribe No. 140 remains active in their "San Pedro Wigwam" although the national organization has dwindled in membership. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (November 15, 2010). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). Los Angeles, CA: City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  2. ↑ Deloria, Philip J. (1998). Playing Indian . New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. 59–65.
  3. ↑ Ed J. Cantwell, editor, The Postal Record (Washington, D.C.: National Association of Letter Carriers, January 1914; Republished by Google Books), p. 310, Volume XXVII, Number I.
  4. ↑ Spwigwam.org: San Pedro Wigwam, Sequoia Tribe No. 140
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