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Photograph of Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55
Photograph by Epolk, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.

From the record

“Beverley Lodge #108' building, is a historic building located in Suisun City, California, built in 1855. The building served as a Prince Hall Masonic Lodge and as a business.”

Wikipedia article Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Solano County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 623 Main St., Suisun City, 94585
  • When was it listed? December 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Fairfield-Suisun City
  • National Register reference number. 78000798 - 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.

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet covering Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55, surveyed 1896

Fires near this property

64 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55 between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,824 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use66 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCATTLE
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTONEFIELD 3
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTWIN
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2008Smoking2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 1994Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMORRISON

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55: 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cement HillStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cordelia QuarryStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Nelson Hill QuarryStoneProducer
Pacific Portland Cement Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Solano County

Maps showing this location

15 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

3 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
Samuel Martin House4.7 miles1977
Wednesday Club of Suisun6.8 miles2022
Pena Adobe7.0 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000798 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Solano CountyAll 38 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.