Boughton Memorial Hall Association, established on May 18, 1918, is a 501c3 organization that operates, maintains and preserves a private, historic landmark on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The building is named for Colonel Daniel H. Boughton whose military career spanned from September 1877 to August 1, 1914. He was Master of Hancock Lodge No. 311 in 1907.
The law authorizing erection and maintenance of Boughton Memorial Hall is in the appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1920: “That the Boughton Memorial Association, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Kansas, be, and is hereby, authorized to erect and maintain a suitable building, under such regulation as the Secretary of War may prescribe, in and upon the United Stated military reservation of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the plans of such building to be first approved and to be constructed in such location as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the use of such portion of the ground floor of said building as may be necessary shall be given to Post Office Department of the United States, free of charge, for the post office service of the reservation.”
Boughton Memorial Hall was dedicated on June 22, 1922. A rededication ceremony recently occurred on the 100th anniversary of the original event, June 22, 2022.