Masonic Hall

Under dispensation, Ophir Lodge No. 33 Free and Accepted Masons was permitted to meet at "early candle light" in private homes within a radius of five miles. The lodge was instituted in January and chartered on May 6, 1853. Its original one-storied building was erected early in 1862, and the present hall was built in 1902. It is one of the oldest lodges in California and had only four treasurers in its first 99 years of existence: B.B. Wilkins for 2 years, A.H. Putney for 5 years, Riley Senter for 42 years, and M.H. Manuel for 50 years.

Murphys, California · United States