‘Black history is American history’: Restoration efforts underway on Masonic lodge built by formerly enslaved
SNOOK, Texas (KBTX) – A Masonic lodge built by formerly enslaved people in Snook is being restored after receiving grant funding from organizations like Preservation Texas. The lodge was the cornerstone of the Dabney Hill Freedom Colony, a settlement of formerly enslaved people established in 1887. The Ethiopian Star Lodge #308 was constructed in 1908….