The Improved Order of Red Men are a fraternal organization in the United States. The group focuses on fundraising for charity and bases their rituals on perceived Native American customs.[1] [2] The Red Men had a peak membership of over half million in 1920 but that dwindled to around 15,000 by 2011, so there are a number of repurposed former lodges.[3] [4] These clubhouse buildings are often called "wigwams" regardless of their architectural style.[5] KEY
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1 | Red Men Hall (Los Angeles) | 1915 built 2003 LAHCM-listed | 543 Shepard Street 33.7067°N -118.2889°W | Los Angeles, California | Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument listing[6] | |||||
2 | Red Men Hall (Essex, Connecticut) | 1832 built 1985 NRHP-listed | 22 Prospect Street 41.3539°N -72.3928°W | Essex, Connecticut | Later became Hill's Academy[7] | |||||
3 | Red Men's Fraternal Home | 1841 built 1983 NRHP-listed | 48 West Park Place 39.675°N -75.7558°W | Newark, Delaware | Previously the Deer Park Farm; Demolished.[8] | |||||
4 | Red Men Hall (Franklin, Indiana) | 1915 built 1989 NRHP-CP-listed | 156 East Jefferson Street 39.4808°N -86.0544°W | Franklin, Indiana | Franklin Commercial Historic District contributing property[9] | |||||
5 | Red Men Hall (Harmony, Indiana) | 1880 built 1986 NRHP-listed | 131-137 E. Market St. 39.5344°N -87.0733°W | Harmony, Indiana | Later the Coal Company Store; Delisted in 1992[10] | |||||
6 | Red Men Hall (Lagro, Indiana) | 1911 built 2020 NRHP-listed | 820 Washington Street 40.8364°N -85.7281°W | Lagro, Indiana | Now part of the Lagro Canal Foundation[11] | |||||
7 | Red Men Hall (North Vernon, Indiana) | 1880 built 2006 NRHP-CP-listed | 227 East Walnut Street 39.0053°N -85.6247°W | North Vernon, Indiana | North Vernon Downtown Historic District contributing property[12] | |||||
8 | Red Men Hall (Brunswick, Maryland) | 1904 built | 40 West Potomac Street 39.3131°N -77.6281°W | Brunswick, Maryland | Brunswick Historic District contributing property; now the Brunswick Heritage Museum[13] | |||||
9 | Hail to the Sunrise | 1932 built | 82 Tower Road 42.6397°N -72.9133°W | Charlemont, Massachusetts | Located along the Mohawk Trail[14] | |||||
10 | Massasoit | 1921 built | Carver Road 41.9578°N -70.6625°W | Plymouth, Massachusetts | Site of annual National Day of Mourning across from Plymouth Rock[15] | |||||
11 | Red Men Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania) | 1900 Built 2000 NRHP-listed | 404 South West Temple Street 40.3392°N -75.9225°W | Reading, Pennsylvania | Now Century Hall senior housing[16] | |||||
12 | Red Men Museum and Library | 1991 Built | 4521 Speight Avenue 31.5125°N -97.1572°W | Waco, Texas | National headquarters modeled after Monticello[17] | |||||
13 | Red Men Hall (Barre, Vermont) | 1906 built 1975 NRHP-listed | 10 North Brook Street 44.2036°N -72.5083°W | Barre (city), Vermont | Previously the Italian Baptist Church[18] | |||||
14 | Red Men Hall (Danville, Virginia) | 1937 built 2009 NRHP-listed | 31 Baltimore Avenue 36.5681°N -79.4242°W | Danville, Virginia | Part of the individually listed Schoolfield School Complex[19] | |||||
15 | Red Men Hall (Lovettsville, Virginia) | 1923 built 2012 NRHP-CP-listed | 15 East Broad Way 39.2733°N -77.6372°W | Lovettsville, Virginia | Lovettsville Historic District contributing property[20] | |||||
16 | Red Men Hall (Index, Washington) | 1903 built 2009 NRHP-listed | 530 Index Avenue 47.8217°N -121.5539°W | Index, Washington | Building collapsed in 2009[21] | |||||