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Red Men Hall (Index, Washington)

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Built
  
1903

Opened
  
1903

Added to NRHP
  
13 April 1973

NRHP Reference #
  
73001889

Demolished
  
2009

Red Men Hall (Index, Washington)

Location
  
Index Ave. & 6th St., Index, Washington

The Red Men Hall, also known as the Redmen Wigwam, was a meeting hall in Index, Washington originally for the Improved Order of Red Men. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and collapsed in 2009.

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Organization

The Red Men are a fraternal lodge which imitate Native American traditions and call their local lodges "wigwams". The Index Tribe #68 of the Great Council of Washington constructed the building in 1903 which included a stage and kitchen. The building was the largest structure in the small logging and mining town and served as a center of social activities including vaudeville shows, weddings, and political gatherings.

Building

The building was a two-story wood-frame structure built with local lumber a narrow, country-store style with an arched roof and a false front. A bracket-supported slope-roofed porch spanned the entire front of the building. Despite several efforts at restoration, on New Year's Day in 2009 the building was long since abandoned when it collapsed from the weight of the snow from a major storm in the high elevation.

The building is gone.

References

Red Men Hall (Index, Washington) Wikipedia