Alma in Gratiot County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Michigan Masonic Home

Photographed by Joel S., October 25, 2015

1. Michigan Masonic Home Marker

Inscription. In November 1885 the Michigan Masonic Home Association was established to raise funds for a home and health care facility for aged Masons. In 1891 Michigan's first Masonic Home, located on Reed's Lake near Grand Rapids, was opened. When fire destroyed it in 1910, Alma businessman and philanthropist Ammi W. Wright donated the former Alma Sanitarium as a replacement. The Masons used that structure for twenty years. In 1929 the Masons began construction of a new home on this 116-acre site. The first residents moved into the new facility in 1931. Since 1931 several additions have combined to create this diverse residential and nursing care facility operated by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan.

Erected 1986 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number S0567.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1885.

Location. 43° 23.259′ N, 84° 39.916′ W. Marker is in Alma, Michigan, in Gratiot County. It is on Masonic Drive 0.1 miles east of Business U.S. 27. The marker is at the right entry

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to the parking lot for the Masonic Home's main entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1200 Wright Avenue, Alma MI 48801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Mid-Michigan.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Old Main (approx. 0.6 miles away); Site of Folsom Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Alma College / Old Main Fire (approx. 0.6 miles away); Sidney S. Hastings (approx. 3.3 miles away); Saint Louis (approx. 3.3 miles away); Joseph Clapp Memorial Park (approx. 3.4 miles away); Henry R. Pattengill (approx. 7.2 miles away); Henry Romain Pattengill (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alma.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Alma College (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Joel S., October 25, 2015

2. Michigan Masonic Home Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2015, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 858 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 18, 2015, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.