116 E. Vermilion Street, Lafayette, LA 70501
Masonic Lodge / Loge masonic
Masonic Hall 1860 / Loge Masonic 1860 (Courtesy Lafayette Clerk of Court)
Circa 1917
This Gothic Revival building replaced a Masonic Lodge constructed around 1857. Foreign born Architect G.B. Knapp designed this two story building. Governor Alexandre Mouton gave the land to the fraternal order which was less religious than in Europe and more civic.