Illinoistown Lodge No. 51
Free and Accepted Masons
Chartered by Grand Lodge of California
On May 6, 1854 at Illinoistown (about a half mile South of Colfax)
A special Central Pacific train brought the Sacramento Coronet Band and fifty guests for the Dedication of this building June 24, 1868.
This Plaque commemorates 150 years of Masonic fraternity in Colfax.
Marker is on North Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
