Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall

Historic church in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°54′9″N 91°38′32″W / 35.90250°N 91.64222°W / 35.90250; -91.64222
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1946
Architectural style	Masonic Temple
NRHP reference No.	01000482^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 2001

Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall is a historic Masonic building in rural northern Independence County, Arkansas, US. It is located on Sandtown Road, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Cushman. It is a two-story gable-roofed structure, built out of concrete blocks resting on a poured concrete foundation. The roof is shingled, and topped by a small belfry.^[2] It was built in 1946 as a joint project of the Lee's Chapel Methodist Church and Montgomery Lodge No. 360.^[3] The lodge subsequently moved to Cave City.^[4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1] It is distinctive as the only known concrete-block church in the northwestern part of the county.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
^ Social Groups of Arkansas Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine published by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
^ Rorie, Kenneth (15 April 2019). "Sandtown (Independence County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.