Liberty Masonic Lodge No. 48, A. F. & A. M.

Organized in 1848 and chartered the following year, the Liberty Masonic Lodge had an initial membership of eleven. Charter members included William J. Mills, W. C. Abbott, E. T. Branch, B. W. Hardin, William Beazley, Jesse Devore, Reason Green, William H. Mills, and C. J. O'Connor. The Lodge met in a room of the county courthouse until 1851, when a lodge hall was built, the exact location of which is unknown. The building was destroyed by fire in 1858, and records do not indicate where the group met until a new facility was built in 1867 on the corner of Main and Trinity streets. Once again, the Lodge Hall was destroyed by fire, in 1909. A new two-story brick structure replaced the former one at the same location, and was home for the Lodge until 1979, when a new Lodge Hall was erected at this site. The Liberty Masonic Lodge has taken an active role in the community, with its members involved in local government, public education, and community affairs. Liberty Masons have included Texas Revolutionary War veterans, representatives to Republic of Texas conventions and congresses, state legislators and supreme court justices, city and county officers, school board trustees, and one governor of Texas. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986

Liberty Masonic Lodge No. 48, A. F. & A. M. is a historical marker in Liberty, Liberty County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 60 historical markers documented in Liberty County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 133 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0601, -94.7945 near Liberty. The nearest cataloged historic site is Edward Thomas Branch (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Henry O. Ager Home, Plaza de Carcel, y Casas de Correccion, and Liberty Methodist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5291009672. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.