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Built 1877 at Old Aurora (2 miles east). Lower floor used first as school with rent $2.50 a month, then as drug store, post office. Second floor always lodge hall. Moved here 1900, in one piece, as Aurora, missed by railroad, began to decline.
Masonic Lodge #479 is a historical marker in Boyd, Wise County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 91 historical markers documented in Wise County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 162 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.0784, -97.5662 near Boyd. The nearest cataloged historic site is Boyd Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Arkansas Cemetery, Pleasant Grove No. 2 Cemetery, School and Church, and Eagle Mountain Lake MCAS Auxiliary (Rhome Field).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5497003244. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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