Adolph Dahl, left, and Ed Fair stand by the Masonic Shelter Wednesday, June 21, at Alameda Park, which is set to have its 20th anniversary in August. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle

BUTLER TWP — About 20 years ago, a group of Masons raised money and supplies and built a shelter in Alameda Park, and now its members use it just one day a year.

The Masons donated the shelter to Butler County for public use, which Ed Fair, a Master Mason of the Butler/Victory Lodge, said always was part of the plan for the new building.

“The guys just came and did it,” said Fair, who was secretary of the shelter construction committee. “They liked doing it, but they also liked doing something for the community. They knew that in the end, we were going to donate this shelter to the county.”