List of Improved Order of Red Men buildings and structures

The Improved Order of Red Men are a fraternal organization in the United States. The group focuses on fundraising for charity and bases their rituals on perceived Native American customs.^[1]^[2] The Red Men had a peak membership of over half million in 1920 but that dwindled to just 28,000 by 1998, so there are a number of repurposed former lodges.^[3] These clubhouse buildings are often called "wigwams" regardless of their architectural style.^[4]

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	Formerly NRHP-listed
	Local heritage register

Individually notable buildings and structures

(ordered by state, then populated place)

	Building	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
1	Red Men Hall (Los Angeles)	1915 built 2003 LAHCM-listed	543 Shepard Street 33°42′24″N 118°17′20″W / 33.70667°N 118.28889°W / 33.70667; -118.28889 (Red Men Hall (Los Angeles))	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument listing^[5]
2	Red Men Hall (Essex, Connecticut)	1832 built 1985 NRHP-listed	22 Prospect Street 41°21′14″N 72°23′34″W / 41.35389°N 72.39278°W / 41.35389; -72.39278 (Red Men Hall (Essex, Connecticut))	Essex, Connecticut	Later became Hill's Academy^[6]
3	Red Men's Fraternal Home	1841 built 1983 NRHP-listed	48 West Park Place 39°40′30″N 75°45′21″W / 39.67500°N 75.75583°W / 39.67500; -75.75583 (Deer Park Farm)	Newark, Delaware	Previously the Deer Park Farm; Demolished.^[7]
4	Red Men Hall (Franklin, Indiana)	1915 built 1989 NRHP-CP-listed	156 East Jefferson Street 39°28′51″N 86°03′16″W / 39.48083°N 86.05444°W / 39.48083; -86.05444 (Red Men Hall (Franklin, Indiana))	Franklin, Indiana	Franklin Commercial Historic District contributing property^[8]
5	Red Men Hall (Harmony, Indiana)	1880 built 1986 NRHP-listed	131-137 E. Market St. 39°32′04″N 87°04′24″W / 39.53444°N 87.07333°W / 39.53444; -87.07333 (Red Men Hall (Harmony, Indiana))	Akron, Ohio	Later the Coal Company Store; Delisted in 1992^[9]
6	Red Men Hall (Lagro, Indiana)	1911 built 2020 NRHP-listed	820 Washington Street 40°50′11″N 85°43′41″W / 40.83639°N 85.72806°W / 40.83639; -85.72806 (Red Men Hall (Lagro, Indiana))	Lagro, Indiana	Now part of the Lagro Canal Foundation^[10]
7	Red Men Hall (Brunswick, Maryland)	1904 built	40 West Potomac Street 39°18′47″N 77°37′41″W / 39.31306°N 77.62806°W / 39.31306; -77.62806	Brunswick, Maryland	Brunswick Historic District contributing property; now the Brunswick Heritage Museum^[11]
8	Hail to the Sunrise	1932 built	82 Tower Road 42°38′23″N 72°54′48″W / 42.63972°N 72.91333°W / 42.63972; -72.91333 (Hail to the Sunrise)	Charlemont, Massachusetts	Located along the Mohawk Trail^[12]
9	Massasoit	1921 built	Carver Road 41°57′28″N 70°39′45″W / 41.95778°N 70.66250°W / 41.95778; -70.66250 (Massasoit)	Plymouth, Massachusetts	Located across from Plymouth Rock
10	Red Men Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania)	1900 Built 2000 NRHP-listed	404 South West Temple Street 40°20′21″N 75°55′21″W / 40.33917°N 75.92250°W / 40.33917; -75.92250	Reading, Pennsylvania	Now Century Hall senior housing^[13]
11	Red Men Museum and Library	1991 Built	4521 Speight Avenue 31°30′45″N 97°09′26″W / 31.51250°N 97.15722°W / 31.51250; -97.15722 (Red Men Museum and Library)	Waco, Texas	National headquarters modeled after Monticello^[14]
12	Red Men Hall (Lovettsville, Virginia)	1923 built 2012 NRHP-CP-listed	15 East Broad Way 39°16′24″N 77°38′14″W / 39.27333°N 77.63722°W / 39.27333; -77.63722	Lovettsville, Virginia	Lovettsville Historic District contributing property^[15]
13	Red Men Hall (Index, Washington)	1903 built 2009 NRHP-listed	530 Index Avenue 47°49′18″N 121°33′14″W / 47.82167°N 121.55389°W / 47.82167; -121.55389 (Red Men Hall (Index, Washington))	Index, Washington	Building collapsed in 2009^[16]

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Eagle, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
Vallejo, California
Empire, Colorado
Smithville, Monroe County, Indiana
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Downtown, Baltimore, Maryland
Hampden, Baltimore, Maryland
Frederick, Maryland
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lyonsville, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Winona, Minnesota
Jacksonville, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
West Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Monterey, Tennessee
Rosyln, Washington
Skamokawa, Washington

References[edit]

^ Reichen, Lynn (August 5, 2014) [August 23, 2010]. "Order dedicated to friendship, freedom, charity". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania: CNHI. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Deloria, Philip J. (1998). Playing Indian. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. 59–65.
^ Loewen, James W. (1999). Lies Across America: What Our Historic Markers and Monuments Get Wrong. New York: The New Press. pp. 144–147. ISBN 0-684-87067-3.
^ Carlisle, Dennis (June 2, 2014). "The Best Little Wigwam In Kensington". Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (November 15, 2010). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). Los Angeles, CA: City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Nettles, Gail Gene (October 30, 1984). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Hill's Academy / Essex Historical Society, Inc". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024. and Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1984
^ Cesna, Valerie; Bahr, Betsy (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Deer Park Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024. Accompanying two photos.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 2, 2024. Note: This includes Suzanne T. Rollins (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Franklin Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2024., Site Map, and Accompanying photographs.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 3, 2024. Note: This includes John H. Oehler (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Coal Company Store" (PDF). Retrieved May 3, 2024. and Accompanying photographs.
^ Slacian, Joseph (Spring 2021). "Lagro Revitalization". Business Journal. The Paper of Wabash County. pp. 15–20. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Issuu.
^ Wexler, Ellyn (2023). "Brunswick Heritage Museum Preserves, Celebrates, and Shares a Small Town's Unique History". Eastern Home & Travel Magazine. Pulse Publishing. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Button, Margaret (September 23, 2022). "8 stops along Massachusetts' Mohawk Trail worth a day trip". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Clouse, Carol (November 30, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Red Men Hall". National Archives. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Masters, Claire (April 2014). "Portals to the past: Red Men plate exhibit at Waco library". Waco Today Magazine. Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Kalbian, Maral S.; Peters, Margaret T. S. (March 17, 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lovettsville Historic District". National Archives. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ Warner, JoAnn (January 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Red Men Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[1] Reichen, Lynn (August 5, 2014) [August 23, 2010]. "Order dedicated to friendship, freedom, charity". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania: CNHI. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[2] Deloria, Philip J. (1998). Playing Indian. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. 59–65.

[3] Loewen, James W. (1999). Lies Across America: What Our Historic Markers and Monuments Get Wrong. New York: The New Press. pp. 144–147. ISBN 0-684-87067-3.

[4] Carlisle, Dennis (June 2, 2014). "The Best Little Wigwam In Kensington". Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[5] Los Angeles Department of City Planning (November 15, 2010). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). Los Angeles, CA: City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] Nettles, Gail Gene (October 30, 1984). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Hill's Academy / Essex Historical Society, Inc". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024. and Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1984

[nom-7] Cesna, Valerie; Bahr, Betsy (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Deer Park Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024. Accompanying two photos.

[8] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 2, 2024. Note: This includes Suzanne T. Rollins (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Franklin Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2024., Site Map, and Accompanying photographs.

[9] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 3, 2024. Note: This includes John H. Oehler (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Coal Company Store" (PDF). Retrieved May 3, 2024. and Accompanying photographs.

[Slacian-10] Slacian, Joseph (Spring 2021). "Lagro Revitalization". Business Journal. The Paper of Wabash County. pp. 15–20. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Issuu.

[11] Wexler, Ellyn (2023). "Brunswick Heritage Museum Preserves, Celebrates, and Shares a Small Town's Unique History". Eastern Home & Travel Magazine. Pulse Publishing. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[treasures-12] Button, Margaret (September 23, 2022). "8 stops along Massachusetts' Mohawk Trail worth a day trip". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[13] Clouse, Carol (November 30, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Red Men Hall". National Archives. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[14] Masters, Claire (April 2014). "Portals to the past: Red Men plate exhibit at Waco library". Waco Today Magazine. Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[15] Kalbian, Maral S.; Peters, Margaret T. S. (March 17, 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lovettsville Historic District". National Archives. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

[16] Warner, JoAnn (January 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Red Men Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

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