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One of 8 National Register listings published here for Walton County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Herman Lodge No. 108 Free & Accepted Masons of Florida
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1936.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 314 Madison St., Freeport, 32439
- When was it listed? January 2021
- Category. building
- Census division. Freeport
- National Register reference number. 100006121 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1936 to 1996The ground this property stands on, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Herman Lodge No. 108 Free & Accepted Masons of Florida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 981 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 4 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 maintenance | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLACK CREEK # 6 |
| 14 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLACK CREEK # 4 |
| 14 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLACK CREEK #1 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Herman Lodge No. 108 Free & Accepted Masons of Florida: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Defuniak Springs - Stiller Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
47 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeport, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 30 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Freeport | $40,000 | A tornado briefly touched down and damaged several homes on Pitts Bay Shore Drive along the Choctawhatchee Bay. Reported by the Walton County EMA. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $3,000 | Multiple power lines were blown down in southern Walton county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down near Highway 20 between Business 331 and the 331 bypass. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $2,000 | Roof damage occurred in Hammock Bay with soccer goals destroyed at the middle school athletics fields. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $2,000 | A power line was blown down. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $2,000 | Six trees were uprooted in Freeport. A fence was damaged when two of the trees fell on the fence. Damage cost was estimated. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line at Hammock Bay. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Bay Grove Road. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $1,000 | A single power line was blown down within the city limits with no other damage reported in the area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $750 | A single tree was blown down on a power line near Freeport. No other wind damage was reported in the area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | $500 | Trees were blown down on Old Jolly Bay Road. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Freeport | - | A brief EF0 tornado moved across Highway 20 west of JW Hollington Road with damage to trees along Highway 20. A brief TDS was present on EVX radar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Wunderground station KFLFREEP65 gusted to 84 mph. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Freeport | - | South Walton fire reported several flooded roadways in the southern part of the county. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A tree was blown down along Black Creek Blvd and County Highway 3280. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Several trees were blown down in the Freeport area. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Wunderground station KFLFREEP65 gusted to 68 mph. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A personal weather station gusted to 61 mph along Bay Grove Road. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Trees were blown down near Freeport. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Trees were blown down at Jolly Bay and Fluffy Landing in the Freeport area. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Freeport | - | Flooding was reported on Joe Dugger Road. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Freeport | - | Flooding was reported on Bay Grove Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Trees and large limbs were blown down about 2 miles east of Freeport along Highway 20. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Trees were blown down in Freeport. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A tree was blown down onto a road in Freeport. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Stillwater Road and Pinelog Street. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A spotter estimated 60 mph winds in Freeport. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Trees were blown down on Kylea Laird Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph with large tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph just west of Freeport. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Freeport | - | A 24 hour total of 5.73 inches was measured by FL-WT-4. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Freeport | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Old Jolly Bay Road and Highway 331. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Freeport | - | A few inches of water were reported over Highway 331 between Highway 20 and the bridge in low spots or dips in the road. Motorists driving normal speeds were hydroplaning. Radar estimated approximately 2.50 inches of rain had fallen in the area over the past few hours. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Freeport | - | Penny to nickel size hail was reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | A few trees were down in Freeport. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Freeport | - | A funnel cloud was reported over Freeport. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Freeport | - | A NWS employee reported nickel size hail covering the ground. |
| July 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Freeport | - | The public reported a funnel cloud near the Freeport High School on U.S. Highway 331. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Freeport | - | Four inches of rain in less than three hours flooded a portion of Highway 20 where a foot of water covered the highway. Reported by the Walton County EMA. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | Walton County Emergency Management reported downed trees on a side road off Highway 331. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeport | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Freeport | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Freeport | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Freeport | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Freeport | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006121 in Record Group 79. |
| Walton County | All 8 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.