Hopkinsville Lodge
​No.183, A.F & A.M.

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Marker No: 2561

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.693422,97.297653

Location: North Main & WE 1st Streets, Waelder

Marker Text: ​After migrating from his native Georgia, Dennis Sheffield Hopkins (1819-1917) founded the community of Hopkinsville (5Mi. NW) in 1852. He helped organize this masonic lodge there in 1855. The thriving village also had a grist mill, gin, several businesses, churches, and a school. When the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad bypassed Hopkinsville during the 1870s. Most residents moved to Waelder. the lodge relocated and built this meeting hall in 1882. Churches, schools, and civic groups have shared use of the structure. (1978)