Red Men Hall (Los Angeles)
{{infobox historic site
| name =Redmen's Hall
| image = Redmen’s Hall (San Pedro).jpg
| image_size=250
| caption = The hall from Shepard Street
| location= 543 Shepard Street, San Pedro,
Los Angeles, California
| coordinates = {{coord|33|42|24|N|118|17|20|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Los Angeles
| built = 1915
| architect=
| architecture= American Craftsman
| designation1=Los Angeles
| designation1_number = 751
| governing_body = Private
}}
The Red Men Hall, listed as the Redmen's Hall, is a historic structure that houses a fraternal organization near the coast in the San Pedro community of Los Angeles, California.
Historic structure
Initially built as a library in 1915, the hall is a two-story American Craftsman style structure located on a hillside overlooking the Port of Los Angeles. The interior contains local wood paneling and exposed ceiling beams. The City designated the hall as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #751) in 2003.
Fraternal organization
A local lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men, a fraternal organization which draws on customs assumed to be used by Native Americans, has occupied the building for nearly all of its existence.{{cite book |title=Playing Indian |author-link=Philip J. Deloria |author-last=Deloria |author-first=Philip J. |pages=59–65 |location=New Haven, Connecticut |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1998}}Ed J. Cantwell, editor, The Postal Record (Washington, D.C.: National Association of Letter Carriers, January 1914; Republished by [https://books.google.com/books?id=XEMYAAAAYAAJ Google Books]), p. 310, Volume XXVII, Number I. Sequoia Tribe No. 140 remains active in their "San Pedro Wigwam" although the national organization has dwindled in membership. [http://www.spwigwam.org/ Spwigwam.org: San Pedro Wigwam, Sequoia Tribe No. 140]
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.spwigwam.org/ Official San Pedro Wigwam website]
{{San Pedro, Los Angeles}}
{{LAHMC}}
Category:Clubhouses in California
Category:San Pedro, Los Angeles
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1915
Category:Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments