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Photograph of Pierre Masonic Lodge
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Pierre Masonic Lodge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The Pierre Masonic Lodge is a building in Pierre, South Dakota that was designed by architects Perkins & McWayne in Classical Revival style. The building was built in 1928 to house Pierre Lodge 27 A.F. and A.M., which formed in 1881.”

Wikipedia article Pierre Masonic Lodge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Hughes 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 listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 201 W. Capitol Ave., Pierre, 57501
  • When was it listed? June 2009
  • Category. building
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Perkins & McWayne
  • National Register reference number. 09000447 - 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.

Storms near this property

60 of 150 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pierre, the town this property stands in, in 150 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 65 hail, 56 thunderstorm wind, 16 flood, 7 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodPierre$184,600no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodPierre$75,000Very heavy rain of over 3 inches caused flash flooding in many parts of Pierre into the early morning hours. Many roads were under 1 to 2 feet of water. Several homes in southeast Pierre received sewer backup. Also several homes on Grey Goose road received flood damage.
June 2008LightningPierre$50,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodPierre$25,000Very heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches caused flash flooding throughout much of Hughes county. Many roads and crops were damaged by the high water.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPierre$1,000Large tree branches snapped and a temporary green house was blown away.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPierre-Emergency management reports broken tree branches and power knocked out.
July 2023HailPierre-A photo of an estimated 4.5 inch hailstone was submitted on Facebook.
July 2023HailPierre-A photo of an estimated 3 inch hailstone was submitted on Facebook.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPierre-The public report was from social media with a photo of an uprooted tree.
March 2019FloodPierre-In late March, a berm was constructed around the east side of Blunt to control snowmelt flooding on the Medicine Creek and divert the water to an open field away from homes and businesses. Part of the creek backed up into town. A small part of U.S. Highway 83 flooded on March 28th along with other county roads.
May 2019FloodPierre-A quick intense rainfall of over an inch led to flooded streets in Pierre with some vehicles becoming stuck.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPierre-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindPierre-Estimated sixty mph winds downed some tree branches and took some shingles off a roof.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPierre-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2017Flash FloodPierre-Very heavy rains of 1.5 to 3.5 inches falling over a short period of time brought flash flooding to Pierre during the morning hours. There was flooding over several roads along with man hole covers coming off. The flash flooding resulted in stalled vehicles along with the flooding of some businesses and homes. Some vehicles became stalled with a few rescues occurring. Several areas were barricaded to prevent further stranded vehicles.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPierre-Eighty mph winds or higher downed many trees throughout Pierre along with damaging many buildings and vehicles.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPierre-A large tree branch was downed by sixty mph winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPierre-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported by the public.
June 2012HailPierre-Half dollar size hail caused some tree and vehicle damage.
June 2011Flash FloodPierre-Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in and around Pierre. Streets and roads were flooded and barricaded while emergency pumps worked to evacuate water.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPierre-Seventy mph winds downed a few trees and caused some other structural damage in Pierre. Power was also out in parts of Pierre.
June 2011Flash FloodPierre-Very heavy rains of 4 to over 5 inches fell in the Pierre and surrounding areas causing flash flooding of many streets and roads. With the ongoing flooding on the Missouri River along with the sewers plugged, pumps had to remove all of the water in Pierre.
July 2011Flash FloodPierre-One to two inches of rain had created flash flooding of many roads throughout Pierre.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindPierre-Seventy mph winds were estimated north of Pierre with some branches downed.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPierre-Seventy mph winds or higher brought down many tree branches along with some trees in Pierre. There was also some power outages in Pierre along with some buildings receiving damage.
June 2008HailPierre-Hail up to the size of baseballs fell in Pierre breaking some windows out of homes and vehicles.
May 2004LightningPierre-A lightning strike in Pierre broke four windows out of a home, destroyed four television sets in two different homes, destroyed a computer, shattered a car windshield, broke out a garage window, and peeled some bark from a tree.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPierre-The front door of the hospital was blown off.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPierre-High winds brought down several large tree branches.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPierre-Winds of 70 to 75 mph brought down several trees and many branches throughout Pierre. The high winds in combination with the quarter size hail caused some damage to buildings and vehicles throughout Pierre. A building in downtown Pierre sustained extensive roof and structural damage due to the high winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPierre-Winds to 80 mph brought down many branches and a few trees in Pierre. A new house under construction was also blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindPierre-Winds to around 70 mph downed several trees and many tree branches.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Pierre-The tornado, spotted by a pilot, struck an airport and ripped the roof off of an air carrier , smashing five airplanes. Path length and width were estimated.
July 1997Tornado (F1)Pierre-The tornado swept up dust and debris as it tracked steadily southeast across 2 miles of open country. Path and length were estimated.
August 1995Tornado (F1)Pierre-A narrow path tornado touched down three miles east of Pierre. The tornado tore the roof off a horse barn, destroyed a camper, and injured two horses.
July 2025HailPierre-no account filed
June 2024HailPierre-no account filed
August 2024Flash FloodPierre-no account filed
August 2023HailPierre-no account filed
July 2023HailPierre-no account filed
July 2023HailPierre-no account filed
July 2023HailPierre-no account filed
July 2023HailPierre-no account filed
July 2023HailPierre-no account filed
July 2023HailPierre-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
July 2020FloodPierre-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
June 2019FloodPierre-no account filed
June 2019FloodPierre-no account filed
May 2019HailPierre-no account filed
May 2019FloodPierre-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
May 2019FloodPierre-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
August 2018HailPierre-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPierre-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hughes County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000447 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hughes CountyAll 36 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.
  • 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.