List of Improved Order of Red Men buildings and structures

Jacksonville, Oregon building detail

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 around 15,000 by 2011, so there are a number of repurposed former lodges.[3][4] These clubhouse buildings are often called "wigwams" regardless of their architectural style.[5]

KEY

	NRHP-listed
	Contributing property in a NRHP-listed historic district
	Formerly NRHP-listed
	Local heritage register

Individually notable buildings and structures

(ordered by state, then populated place)

	Building	Image	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	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument listing[6]
2	Red Men Hall (Essex, Connecticut)		1832 built 1985 NRHP-listed	22 Prospect Street 41°21′14″N 72°23′34″W	Essex, Connecticut	Later became Hill's Academy[7]
3	Red Men's Fraternal Home		1841 built 1983 NRHP-listed	48 West Park Place 39°40′30″N 75°45′21″W	Newark, Delaware	Previously the Deer Park Farm; Demolished.[8]
4	Red Men Hall (Franklin, Indiana)		1915 built 1989 NRHP-CP-listed	156 East Jefferson Street 39°28′51″N 86°03′16″W	Franklin, Indiana	Franklin Commercial Historic District contributing property[9]
5	Red Men Hall (Harmony, Indiana)		1880 built 1986 NRHP-listed	131-137 E. Market St. 39°32′04″N 87°04′24″W	Harmony, Indiana	Later the Coal Company Store; Delisted in 1992[10]
6	Red Men Hall (Lagro, Indiana)		1911 built 2020 NRHP-listed	820 Washington Street 40°50′11″N 85°43′41″W	Lagro, Indiana	Now part of the Lagro Canal Foundation[11]
7	Red Men Hall (North Vernon, Indiana)		1880 built 2006 NRHP-CP-listed	227 East Walnut Street 39°00′19″N 85°37′29″W	North Vernon, Indiana	North Vernon Downtown Historic District contributing property[12]
8	Red Men Hall (Brunswick, Maryland)		1904 built	40 West Potomac Street 39°18′47″N 77°37′41″W	Brunswick, Maryland	Brunswick Historic District contributing property; now the Brunswick Heritage Museum[13]
9	Hail to the Sunrise		1932 built	82 Tower Road 42°38′23″N 72°54′48″W	Charlemont, Massachusetts	Located along the Mohawk Trail[14]
10	Massasoit		1921 built	Carver Road 41°57′28″N 70°39′45″W	Plymouth, Massachusetts	Site of annual National Day of Mourning across from Plymouth Rock[15]
11	Red Men Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania)		1900 Built 2000 NRHP-listed	404 South West Temple Street 40°20′21″N 75°55′21″W	Reading, Pennsylvania	Now Century Hall senior housing[16]
12	Red Men Museum and Library		1991 Built	4521 Speight Avenue 31°30′45″N 97°09′26″W	Waco, Texas	National headquarters modeled after Monticello[17]
13	Red Men Hall (Barre, Vermont)		1906 built 1975 NRHP-listed	10 North Brook Street 44°12′13″N 72°30′30″W	Barre (city), Vermont	Previously the Italian Baptist Church[18]
14	Red Men Hall (Danville, Virginia)		1937 built 2009 NRHP-listed	31 Baltimore Avenue 36°34′05″N 79°25′27″W	Danville, Virginia	Part of the individually listed Schoolfield School Complex[19]
15	Red Men Hall (Lovettsville, Virginia)		1923 built 2012 NRHP-CP-listed	15 East Broad Way 39°16′24″N 77°38′14″W	Lovettsville, Virginia	Lovettsville Historic District contributing property[20]
16	Red Men Hall (Index, Washington)		1903 built 2009 NRHP-listed	530 Index Avenue 47°49′18″N 121°33′14″W	Index, Washington	Building collapsed in 2009[21]

Gallery

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

References

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. Roth, Clare (August 8, 2019). "What's The Story Behind Old North's Red Men Sioux Sign?". WOSU-FM. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
4. 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.
5. Carlisle, Dennis (June 2, 2014). "The Best Little Wigwam In Kensington". Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. Slacian, Joseph (Spring 2021). "Lagro Revitalization". Business Journal. The Paper of Wabash County. pp. 15–20. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Issuu.
12. Fife, Camille (August 1, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: North Vernon Downtown Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 12, 2024 – via National Archives.
13. 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.
14. Button, Margaret (September 23, 2022). "8 stops along Massachusetts' Mohawk Trail worth a day trip". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
15. Hill, Jessica (November 19, 2020). "Not all Native Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Find out why". Cape Cod Times. Hyannis, Massachusetts: Gannett. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
16. Clouse, Carol (November 30, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Red Men Hall". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via National Archives.
17. 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.
18. Clark, Carol Ann (February 28, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Italian Baptist Church". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 23, 2024 – via National Archives.
19. Lifsey, Emmet W.; Smith, W. Scott; Adams-Doolittle, Jesse (December 28, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Schoolfield School Complex". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved June 30, 2024 – via National Archives.
20. Kalbian, Maral S.; Peters, Margaret T. S. (March 17, 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lovettsville Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via National Archives.
21. Warner, JoAnn (January 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Red Men Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2024.