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Photograph of Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 111
Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Witherspoon Lodge No. 111 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.

From the record

“Witherspoon Lodge No. 111 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) is a historic building located is at 1410 North Clayton Street in Mount Dora, Florida, United States. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”

Wikipedia article Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 111, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2009 · 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. 1410 N. Clayton St., Mount Dora, 32757
  • When was it listed? May 2009
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Mount Dora, FL
  • Census division. Mount Dora
  • National Register reference number. 09000346 - 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Witherspoon Lodge No. 111 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 838 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES(35)
9 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES (35)

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Witherspoon Lodge No. 111 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM): 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Diatomite, Clay. 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
Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding PitSandProducer
Coddings Sand and Sail Inc.ClayUnknown
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Lake County

Maps showing this location

6 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
Mount Dora Historic District0.6 miles2009
Donnelly House0.7 miles1975
Mount Dora A. C. L. Railroad Station, Old0.8 miles1992
Lakeside Inn0.9 miles1987
Purdy Villa2.4 miles2004
Gould Hyde Norton House3.0 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000346 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lake CountyAll 31 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.