Alvarado Masonic Lodge No. 314 A.F. & A.M. Chartered in 1869, the Alvarado Masonic Lodge began under leadership of A. J. Chambers, J. C. Weaver and Joel Higgins. From its earliest years it offered strong support of local education. The first lodge building provided classroom space, and the lodge administered local school efforts, establishing the Masonic Institute in the 1870s. It later became Alvarado Normal Institute and then Alvarado High School. The lodge has also supported the Masonic Home and School in Fort Worth and hosted the Grand Lodge of Texas meeting (1946). Civic leaders who were also lodge members include town founder William Balch and first mayor J. H. Wright. The lodge continues to aid the community through its many programs. (2003 )
Alvarado Masonic Lodge No. 314 A.F. & A.M.
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Alvarado Masonic Lodge No. 314 A.F. & A.M. is a historical marker in Alvarado, Johnson County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Johnson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 139 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4053, -97.2121 near Alvarado. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Outlaws Benjamin Bickerstaff and Josiah Thompson, Alvarado, and Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5251012919. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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