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Photograph of Auburn Masonic Temple
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Auburn Masonic Temple

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The Auburn Masonic Temple, also known as the Auburn Masonic Hall and the John H. Robinson Memorial Masonic Temple, is an historic two-story Masonic building located at 948 Lincoln Way on the Central Square in Auburn, California.”

Wikipedia article Auburn Masonic Temple (Auburn, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 948 Lincoln Way, Auburn, 95603
  • When was it listed? December 2011
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Auburn, CA MPS
  • Census division. Auburn
  • Architectural style. Beaux-Arts
  • National Register reference number. 11000939 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

1,173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,173 fires within 5 miles of Auburn Masonic Temple between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,834 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 71 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined510
Equipment and vehicle use327
Debris and open burning148
Arson/incendiarism71
Smoking36
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Power generation/transmission/distribution24
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGERRY
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEDGEWOOD
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSHAWNEE
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAUBURN
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitMISTY
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarism150 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFORESTHILL
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitNEWCASTLE

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 253 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 253 workings within 5 miles of Auburn Masonic Temple: 88 past producers, 83 unknowns, 68 occurrences, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BoothGold, Copper, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Cool-Cave Valley QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Coulton Lime and Stone-Auburn PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Davenport DepositSilicaOccurrence
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Eclipse ConsolidatedGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
ElderMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Gold BlossomGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Golden StagGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite
Green PointIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Placer County

Storms near this property

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024FloodAuburn2 killedPlacer County Sheriff reported a group of three men went to fish in the North American River, north of Folsom Lake on November 23rd. Two of the men, both 20 years old, got into the water. One of them was swept away by the strong currents and the second man tried to help but was also pulled into the current. The recovery operation was extremely technical and in a portion of the river with rapids and strong current due to the storm. Both 20 year old men drowned and their bodies were recovered downstream on November 25th.
February 2025FloodAuburn-California Highway Patrol reported a partial road obstruction with dirt in the roadway on the Auburn side at State Route 99 and El Dorado Street from heavy rain.
January 2023FloodAuburn-Caltrans District 3 reported closure of Highway 49 at Lincoln Way to the American River Confluence due to a Rockslide.
January 2023FloodAuburn-Caltrans and CHP Auburn reported a rockslide on SR-49 east of Auburn. SR-49 is closed from the North Fork American River Bridge to Borland St and Lincoln Way.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAuburn-no account filed
January 2000Heavy RainAuburn-no account filed
January 2000Heavy RainAuburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Placer County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Auburn City Hall and Fire Houseunder 500 feet2012
Auburn Public Libraryunder 500 feet2011
Placer County Bank0.1 miles2011
Auburn Grammar School0.2 miles2012
Oddfellows Hall0.2 miles2011
Irene Burns House0.3 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 11000939 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Placer CountyAll 35 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.