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Wheatland, California Wheatland is the second-largest city by population in Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2010 census, up from 2,275 at the 2000 census. Wheatland is located southeast of Marysville. Geography Wheatland is ...
is a historic building constructed in 1898. The ground floor has been used as commercial space since its construction. Until 1948 the upper floor meeting rooms were used jointly by the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd ...
and the
Freemasons Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
. In 1948 the Masons bought out the Odd Fellows. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It was designed by Sacramento architect A. A. Cook who also designed: *the Odd Fellows Building (1882–83) in Red Bluff, California, with *the NRHP-listed Cone and Kimball Building at 747 Main St. in Red Bluff, and *the NRHP-listed
Pleasants Ranch Pleasants Ranch or Hoskins Ranch is a historic ranch located in Vacaville, California, United States. It features late Victorian and Queen Anne architecture. It was used for domestic subsistence agriculture. There are 12 historic buildings on ...
at 8212 Pleasants Valley Rd. in Vacaville, California.


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