Turner Hall, as this building was once known, was built in 1868 with contributions from members of the community. Designed by Nicholas Gonner, an architect, civil engineer and contractor in 1888, the Masons purchased Turner Hall & it became the . . . — — Map (db m236183) HM
Site of the first hostelry in Cape Girardeau, built in 1806 by Capt. Wm. Ogle, one of the earliest west of the Mississippi River. In 1868 the Turner Society erected the present building as a turnverein or a community center. Masonic Order owned . . . — — Map (db m236098) HM