List of former Masonic buildings in the United States
List of former Masonic buildings in the United States identifies notable buildings in the United States that have been associated with various Masonic bodies, but have been re-purposed for non-Masonic use.
Many of these buildings were constructed to be (at least in part) meeting halls for Masonic lodges, Grand Lodges, or other related organizations. Others were constructed for other purposes, and subsequently purchased by the Masons and converted into meeting halls. All have subsequently been sold, and have been converted to non-Masonic use.
All of the buildings listed here are notable landmarks. Most are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), although a few are landmarked by State or City agencies. Where the commonly used name of the building has changed since it was granted landmark status, the "listed as" name is given along with the landmarking agency.
For a list of notable buildings that are now used for Masonic purposes, see: List of Masonic buildings in the United States.
Alabama
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
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Crane Hill Masonic Lodge | Crane Hill, Alabama | NRHP (Crane Hill Masonic Lodge) |
1904 | 1904 - ? | Commercial Currently a department store.[1] | |
Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building | Selma, Alabama | NRHP (Dallas County Courthouse) |
1847 | 1847 - 1860 | Museum Local history museum.[2] | |
The Temple Downtown | Mobile, Alabama | NRHP (Scottish Rite Temple) |
1922 | 1922 - 1996 | Commercial Banqueting venue.[3] | |
West End Masonic Temple | Birmingham, Alabama | NRHP (West End Masonic Temple) |
1926 | 1926 - 1985 | No longer exists Destroyed by fire in 1996.[4] | |
Alaska
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
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Masonic Temple (Fairbanks, Alaska) | Fairbanks, Alaska | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1906 | 1908 - ? | Unknown The lodge that used to meet in the building no longer does so.[5] | |
Arizona
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
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Masonic Temple (Kingman, Arizona) | Kingman, Arizona | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1939 | 1939 - ? | Commercial Now an office building.[6] | |
Masonic Temple (Prescott, Arizona) | Prescott, Arizona | NRHP (Masonic Temple - as part of "Prescott Territorial Buildings MRA") |
? | ? - ? | Unknown The building is no longer used by the Masons. | |
Masonic Hall (Wickenburg, Arizona) | Wickenburg, Arizona | NRHP (Masonic Hall) |
1922 | 1922 - | Retail[7] | |
Polly Rosenbaum Building | Phoenix, Arizona | NRHP (El Zariba Shrine Auditorium) |
1921 | 1921 - ? | Museum Part of the Arizona Centennial Museum. |
Arkansas
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
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Bradford City Hall-Byers Masonic Lodge | Bradford, Arkansas | NRHP (Bradford City Hall - Bryers Masonic Lodge) |
? | ? - ? | Unknown Constructed jointly by Beyers Masonic Lodge and the Bradford city government, the building was shared until the lodge shut down.[8] | |
Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge | Booneville, Arkansas | NRHP (Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge) |
1906 | 1906 - 1985 | Commercial Bank[8][9] | |
Hampton Masonic Lodge Building | Hampton, Arkansas | NRHP (Hampton Masonic Lodge Building) |
1920 | 1920 - 1954 | Commercial[10] | |
Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall | Cushman, Arkansas | NRHP (Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall) |
1946 | 1946 - ? | Religious Methodist Church[8] The Masonic lodge has moved to Cave City.[11] | |
Masonic Temple (El Dorado, Arkansas) | El Dorado, Arkansas | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1924 | 1924 - ? | Unknown No lodge currently meets in El Dorado. | |
Russellville Masonic Temple | Russellville, Arkansas | NRHP (Russellville Masonic Temple) |
1926 | 1926-2001 | Civic City Hall.[12] | |
Yell Masonic Lodge Hall | Carrollton, Arkansas | NRHP (Yell Masonic Lodge Hall) |
1876 | 1976 - ? | Unknown No masonic lodge currently meets in Carrollton. | |
California
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hollywood Masonic Temple | Los Angeles, California | NRHP (Hollywood Masonic Temple) |
1921 | 1921 - 1982 | Theater Now the Hollywood Live Entertainment Pavilions.[13] | |
Masonic Temple (Berkeley, California) | Berkeley, California | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1905 | 1905 - 1944 | Commercial/Educational The ground floor of the building is currently occupied by a FedEx Kinko's store while the remaining floors are used by University of California, Berkeley. | |
Spring Field Banquet Center | Fullerton, California | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1920 | 1920 - 1993 | Commercial. Converted to the Spring Field Banquet Center in 1993[14] | |
Masonic Temple (Long Beach, California) | Long Beach, California | City of Long Beach (Masonic Temple)[15][16] |
1903 | 1903 - 1980s | Commercial.[17] | |
Masonic Temple (Riverside, California) | Riverside, California | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1908 | 1908 - 1955 | Unknown When the Masons moved to new premises in 1955, the building was purchased by Riverside county.[18] | |
Colorado
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Highlands Masonic Lodge | Denver, Colorado | NRHP (Highlands Masonic Lodge) |
1905 | 1905 - ? | Unknown No Masonic lodge meets in the building.[19] | |
Mechanics Building | Pueblo, Colorado | NRHP (Mechanics Building/Masonic Building) |
1891 | 1910 - 1946 | Commercial The American Furniture Company[20] | |
Adams Vacuum & Sewing building | Montrose, Colorado | NRHP (Montrose Masonic Temple, Lodge No. 63) |
1911 | 1911 - ? | Unknown Montrose Lodge No. 63 no longer meets in the building.[21] | |
Sherman Street Event Center | Denver, Colorado | NRHP (Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine) |
1907 | 1907 - 1995 | Commercial Banqueting venue.[22] | |
Connecticut
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temple B'Nai Israel (New Britain, Connecticut) | New Britain, Connecticut | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1927 | 1927 - 1940 | Religious Synagogue[23] | |
Westville Masonic Temple | New Haven, Connecticut | NRHP and Conn. State Historic Preservation Office (Westville Masonic Temple) |
1926 | 1926-2005? | Religious Scientology church.[24] Before that: Commercial (Hallock's home appliances)[25] | |
Delaware
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Opera House (Wilmington, Delaware) | Wilmington, Delaware | NRHP (Masonic Hall and Grand Theater) |
1871 | 1871-1930? | Theater[26][27] | |
District of Columbia
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
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Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., Inc. | Washington, D.C. | NRHP (Old Masonic Temple) |
1867-1870 | 1867 - 1921 | Commercial Headquarters of the Gallup Organization. | |
National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, D.C. | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1903 | 1903 - 1987? | Museum | |
Florida
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masonic Temple of Citrus Lodge No. 118, F. and A.M. | Inverness, Florida 1910 built 2010 NRHP-listed |
NRHP (Masonic Temple of Citrus Lodge No. 118) |
1910 | 1910 - 2006 | Commercial | |
Shrine Building (Miami, Florida) Also known as "Boulevard Shops" |
Miami, Florida | City of Miami | 1924 | 1930 - 1943 | Commercial[28] | |
Georgia
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flowers Building | Columbus, Georgia | NRHP (Columbian Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted Masons) |
1902 | 1902 - 1940 | Residential In 1940 converted into office/retail space.[29] Recently converted to an apartment complex. | |
Old Seminary Building | Lawrenceville, Georgia | NRHP (Old Masonic Lodge) |
1854 | ? - ? | Museum Gwinnett History Museum | |
Old Masonic Lodge | 321 South Main Street, Tifton, Georgia | NRHP Contributing building to Tifton Commercial Historic District |
1899 | ? - ? | Commercial Originally built as a meeting hall for Tifton Lodge No. 47. The Lodge now meets in another location, and the building houses a credit agency and law offices. | |
Hawaii
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hilo Masonic Lodge Hall-Bishop Trust Building | Hilo, Hawaii | NRHP (Hilo Masonic Lodge Hall-Bishop Trust Building) |
1910 | 1910 - 1985 | Unknown The Masons sold the building in 1985 | |
Idaho
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
Illinois
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre | Chicago, Illinois | NRHP (New Masonic Building and Oriental Theater) 1926 built 1978 NRHP-listed |
1926 | 1926 - 1970s | Commercial Lodge meeting rooms converted for commercial use in the 1970s. | |
Masonic Temple (Aurora, Illinois) | Aurora, Illinois | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1924 | 1924 - 1980s | Commercial Sold by the lodge in the 1980s, the building was then used as a commercial banquet facility. | |
Masonic Temple (Chicago, Illinois) | Chicago, Illinois | ? | 1892 | 1892 - ? | No longer exists Demolished in 1939. | |
Masonic Temple Building (Maywood, Illinois) | Maywood, Illinois | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1917 | 1917 - ? | Civic Currently houses the Maywood Parks and Recreation Dept. | |
Medinah Temple | Chicago, Illinois | City of Chicago (Medinah Temple) |
1912 | 1912 - 2000? | Commercial Currently Bloomingdale's Home and Furniture Store | |
Scoville Square | Oak Park, Illinois | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1905 | 1905-1940s | Commercial Retail on ground floor, Offices above. | |
Indiana
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnson County Museum of History | Franklin, Indiana | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1922 | 1922 - 1989 | Museum[30] | |
Iowa
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boone County Historical Center | Boone, Iowa | NRHP (Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple) |
1907 | 1907 - 1990 | Museum | |
Masonic Opera House | What Cheer, Iowa | NRHP (Masonic Opera House) |
1893 | ? - ? | Theater | |
Masonic Temple Building (Stuart, Iowa) | Stuart, Iowa | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1894 | 1894 - ? | Commercial/Residential mix | |
Main Street Cimema | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | NRHP (Masonic Temple Theater) |
1923 | 1923 - ? | Theater[31] | |
Temple for Performing Arts | Des Moines, Iowa | NRHP (Masonic Temple of Des Moines) |
1913 | 1913 - 2001 | Arts venue[32] | |
Kansas
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Valley Lodge building | Wichita, Kansas | NRHP (Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21, Prince Hall Masons) |
1910 | 1910 - ? | Unknown Today, the building in owned by the City of Wichita. | |
Old Scottish Rite Temple (Kansas City, Kansas) | Kansas City, Kansas | NRHP (Scottish Rite Temple) |
1908 | 1908 - ? | Commercial Now the "7th Street Casino". | |
Towanda Area Historical Museum | Towanda, Kansas | NRHP (Towanda Masonic Lodge No. 30 A.F. and A.M.) |
1904 | 1904 - 1996 | Museum | |
Union Implement and Hardware Building-Masonic Temple | Independence, Kansas | NRHP (Union Implement and Hardware Building-Masonic Temple) |
1900 | 1900 - 1957 | Commercial/Residential mix | |
Kentucky
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masonic Hall (Eastwood, Kentucky) | Eastwood, Kentucky | NRHP (Masonic Hall) |
1852 | 1852 - 1975 | Residential[33] | |
Masonic Hall-Federal Commissary Building | Smithland, Kentucky | NRHP (Masonic Hall-Federal Commissary Building) |
1860 | 1860 - 1960s | Religious Baptist Church[34] | |
Louisiana
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masonic Building (Alexandria, Louisiana) | Alexandria, Louisiana | NRHP (Masonic Building) |
1927 | 1927 - ? | Unknown No masonic lodges currently meet in the building. | |
Maine
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masonic Temple (Belfast, Maine) | Belfast, Maine | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1877 | 1877 - ? | Unknown While there is currently a Masonic Lodge in Belfast, it meets in another location.[35] | |
Maryland
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
Massachusetts
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
Michigan
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bay City Masonic Temple | Bay City, Michigan | NRHP (Bay City Masonic Temple) |
1893 | 1893 – ? | Unknown (no regular use; awaiting planned restoration). Owned since 2005 by Bay Arts Council. | |
E.S. Swayze Drugstore building | Otisville, Michigan | NRHP (Swayze, E. S., Drugstore/Otisville Mason Lodge No. 401) |
1874 | 1903 - 1970 | Commercial | |
Masonic Temple Building (East Lansing, Michigan) | East Lansing, Michigan | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1916 | 1916 - ? | Residential | |
Masonic Temple Building (Kalamazoo, Michigan) | Kalamazoo, Michigan | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1913 | 1913 - ? | Unknown No lodges currently meet in the building.[36] | |
Masonic Temple Building (Lansing, Michigan) | Lansing, Michigan | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1924 | 1924 - ? | Educational Cooley Law School.[37] | |
Masonic Temple Building (Marshall, Michigan) | Marshall, Michigan | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1913 | 1913 - ? | Commercial | |
Township Hall | Port Sanilac, Michigan | NRHP (Port Sanilac Masonic and Town Hall) |
1884 | 1884 - ? | Civic Port Sanilac Township Hall. Currently, no Masonic lodge meets in the building[38] | |
Ye Olde Courthouse Masonic Hall | Omer, Michigan | NRHP (Omer Masonic Hall) |
1890 | 1893 - 1997 | Civic - Built as a courthouse. Sold to the local Masonic lodge 1893. Facing heavy repair costs, the Masons moved out of the building for smaller quarters in 1997.[39] In 2004, sold to the Arenac County Historical Society. The building currently serves as the Society's Historical Courthouse Museum, known as "Ye Olde Courthouse Masonic Hall".[40] | |
Minnesota
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hennepin Center for the Arts | Minneapolis, Minnesota | NRHP (Minneapolis Masonic Temple) |
1888 | 1888 -1978 | Arts Center | |
Old Masonic Temple (Marshall, Minnesota) | Marshall, Minnesota | NRHP (Masonic Temple Delta Lodge No. 119) |
1917 | 1917 - ? | Unknown Delta Lodge No. 119 no longer meets in the building.[41] | |
Mississippi
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grenada Masonic Temple | Grenada, Mississippi | NRHP (Grenada Masonic Temple) |
1925 | 1925 - ? | Unknown No lodge meets in the building[42] | |
Masonic Hall (Gulfport, Mississippi) | Gulfport, Mississippi | MDAH (Masonic Hall) |
? | ? - ? | Unknown While a marker on the building notes that a Prince Hall lodge met in the building historically, none currently do. | |
Masonic Hall (Lexington, Mississippi) | Lexington, Mississippi | MDAH (Masonic Hall) |
? | ? - ? | Commercial The lodge that once met on the third floor has moved.[43] | |
Masonic Hall (Long Beach, Mississippi) | Long Beach, Mississippi | MDAH (Masonic Hall) |
1926 | 1942 - 1960 | Commercial Coffee shop[44][45] | |
Masonic Temple (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | MDAH (Masonic Temple) |
? | ? - ? | Unknown Hattiesburg Lodge 397 sold the building was sold when the lodge moved to a new location[43][46] | |
Masonic Temple (Meridian, Mississippi) | Meridian, Mississippi | NRHP (removed) | 1908 | ? - ? | No longer exists Demolished | |
Old Masonic Hall (Booneville, Mississippi) | Booneville, Mississippi | MDAH (Old Masonic Hall) |
? | ? - ? | Unknown No lodge meets in the building. | |
Old Masonic Hall (Hazlehurst, Mississippi) | Hazlehurst, Mississippi | HDAH (Old Masonic Hall) |
? | ? - ? | Unknown No lodges currently meet in the building. | |
Old Masonic Hall (Louisville, Mississippi) | Louisville, Mississippi | NRHP & MDAH (Old Masonic Hall) |
1851 | 1851 - 1922 | Civic Chamber of Commerce | |
Old Municipal Building and Masonic Hall | Shelby, Mississippi | MDAH (Old Municipal Building and Masonic Hall) |
1935 | 1935 - ? | Civic Now houses the Shelby Police Department. | |
Missouri
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunklin County Museum | Kennett, Missouri | NRHP (Kennet City Hall and Masonic Lodge) |
1903 | 1903 - 1950s | Museum[47][48] | |
Ivanhoe Masonic Temple | Kansas City, Missouri | NRHP (Ivanhoe Masonic Temple) |
1920 | 1920 - 1999 | No longer exists Demolished in 1999 | |
Masonic Lodge (Grandin, Missouri) | Grandin, Missouri | NRHP (Masonic Lodge) |
1888 | 1888 - ? | Unknown No longer used as a Masonic temple.[49] | |
Masonic Temple (Warrensburg, Missouri) | Warrensburg, Missouri | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
? | ? - ? | Unknown Previously the meeting hall of Corinthian Lodge # 265 - the lodge has subsequently moved to other premises.[50] | |
Moolah Cinema and Lounge | St. Louis, Missouri | NRHP (Moolah Temple), Contributing building in St. Louis's Midtown Historic District, |
1912 built | 1912 - 1988 | Movie Theater[51][52] | |
Negro Masonic Hall | St. Louis, Missouri | NRHP (Negro Masonic Hall) |
1886 | 1909 - 1986 | No longer exists Demolished after fire in 1995.[53] | |
Montana
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helena Civic Center | Helena, Montana | NRHP (Algeria Shrine Temple) |
1919 | 1919 - ? | Commercial Currently owned and operated by the City of Helena and available for banquets, craft shows, dances, weddings, trade shows and conferences.[54] | |
Masonic Building (Billings, Montana) | Billings, Montana | NRHP (Masonic Building) |
1910 | 1910 - ? | Educational Montana State University-Billings, Urban Institute.[55] | |
Masonic Building (Fort Benton, Montana) | Fort Benton, Montana | NRHP (Masonic Building) |
1882 | 1882 - ? | Commercial Benton Pharmacy (The second floor used to house Benton Lodge #25, but the lodge now meets elsewhere)[56] | |
Nebraska
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
Nevada
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
New Jersey
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Old Masonic Temple (Trenton, New Jersey) | Trenton, New Jersey | NRHP (Old Masonic Temple) |
1793 | 1793 - 1915 | Museum Museum and Tourist Information Center[57] | |
New Mexico
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
New York
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart Historical Center | Hobart, New York | NRHP (Hobart Masonic Hall) |
1889 | 1889 - ? | Museum local history museum. | |
Lancaster Masonic Lodge Hall | Lancaster, New York | NRHP (DePew Lodge No. 823, Free and Accepted Masons) |
1916 | 1916 - ? | Commercial DePew Lodge No. 823 no longer exists | |
The Level Club | New York, New York | NRHP (Level Club) |
1925 | 1925 - 1931 | Residential Renovated as condominiums in 1984 | |
Lowville Masonic Temple | Lowville, New York | NRHP (Lowville Masonic Temple) |
1928 | 1928 - 2002 | Museum local history museum owned by Lewis County Historical Society.[58] | |
New York City Center | New York, New York | NRHP (Mecca Temple) |
1922 | 1922 - 1929 | Theater | |
Watertown Masonic Temple | Watertown, New York | NRHP (Watertown Masonic Temple) |
1914 | 1914 - 2003 | Unknown Masons no longer own the building[59] | |
North Carolina
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple | Jacksonville, North Carolina | NRHP (Bank of Onslow and Jacksonville Masonic Temple) |
1919 | 1919 - 1955 | Civic Currently used as office space for the town government. | |
Gateway Club (Waynesville, North Carolina) | Waynesville, North Carolina | NRHP (Masonic Hall) |
1927 | 1927 - ? | Commercial Private club and catering venue.[60] | |
Masonic Temple Building (Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina) | Raleigh, North Carolina | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building) |
1907 | 1907 - 1951 | Commercial Office building | |
Masonic Temple Building (Shelby, North Carolina) | Shelby, North Carolina | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1925 | 1925 - ? | Unknown No Masonic lodges meet in the building.[61] It appears to be a commercial office building. | |
North Dakota
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masonic Block (Fargo, North Dakota) | Fargo, North Dakota | NRHP (Masonic block) |
1884 | 1885 - 1889 | Commercial (also educational - the building housed Fargo College from 1887-1890, and the Dakota Business College from 1891 - 1978) | |
Ohio
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1276 N. High St. (Columbus, Ohio) | Columbus, Ohio | NRHP (York Lodge No. 562) |
1915 | ? - 2003 | Residential Currently a residential apartment building. | |
Columbus Athenaeum | Columbus, Ohio | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1899 | 1899 - ? | Commercial Commercial catering venue for weddings and other events.[62] | |
Masonic Lodge No. 472 | Zaleski, Ohio | NRHP (Masonic Lodge No. 472) |
1884 | ? - ? | Unknown No Masonic lodges meet in the building and there is no lodge with the number 472 active in Ohio.[63] The building appears to be derelict. | |
Niles Masonic Temple | Niles, Ohio | NRHP (Niles Masonic Temple) |
1923 | 1923 - 2009 | Religious Genesis Christian Community Center.[64] | |
Oklahoma
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enid Symphony Center | Enid, Oklahoma | NRHP (Enid Masonic Temple) |
1924 | 1924 - 1990s | Theater Enid Symphony Orchestra. | |
Journal Record Building | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | NRHP (India Temple Shrine Building) |
1923 | 1923 - 1930s | Museum Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum and National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.[65] | |
Masonic Temple (Atoka, Oklahoma) | Atoka, Oklahoma | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1915 | 1915 - ? | Medical The building is now an elder care hospice.[66] | |
Oregon
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashland Masonic Lodge Building | Ashland, Oregon | NRHP (Ashland Masonic Lodge Building) |
1909 | 1909 - ? | Unknown No lodge currently meets in the building.[67] | |
Masonic Temple (Pendleton, Oregon) | Pendleton, Oregon | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1887 | 1887 - ? | Commercial No lodge currently meets in the building. | |
Mount Hood Masonic Temple | Portland, Oregon | NRHP (Mount Hood Masonic Temple) |
1923 | 1923 - 1981 | Commercial Vacant since 1981, it was purchased by the McMenamins brewpub chain in 2007. | |
Pennsylvania
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.
Rhode Island
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renaissance Providence Hotel | Providence, Rhode Island | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1926 | 1926 - 1928 | Commercial Construction was started by Freemasons in 1926, but was abandoned in 1928 and did not resume until the 2000s. The building was completed in 2007 as a hotel.[68] | |
South Carolina
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masonic Temple | Charleston, South Carolina | NRHP Included in Charleston Historic District |
1872 | 1887 - ? | Unknown No lodge currently meets in the building. | |
South Dakota
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flandreau Masonic Temple | Flandreau, South Dakota | NRHP (Flandreau Masonic Temple) |
1916 | 1916 - ? | Religious The Rescue Church. | |
Tennessee
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Sevier Savings and Loan building | Sevierville, Tennessee | NRHP (Sevierville Masonic Lodge) |
1893 | 1893 - ? | Commercial Bank. The only lodge in Sevierville meets elsewhere. | |
Shrine Building (Memphis, Tennessee) | Memphis, Tennessee | NRHP (Shrine building) |
1923 | 1923 - 1979 | Residential Converted to apartments in 1981 and condominium apartments in 2005.[69][70][71] | |
Stanton Masonic Lodge and School | Stanton, Tennessee | NRHP (Stanton Masonic Lodge and School) |
1871 | 1871 - 1920? | Unknown | |
Texas
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmersville Times building | Farmersville, Texas | NRHP (Farmersville Masonic Lodge No. 214, A.F. and A.M.) |
1888 | 1888 - ? | Commercial Lodge has moved to new premises. The building now houses a local area newspaper. | |
Masonic Building (Kerrville, Texas) | Kerrville, Texas | NRHP (Masonic Building) |
1890 | 1890 - 1927 | Commercial[72] | |
Old Masonic Hall (Bellville, Texas) | Bellville, Texas | NRHP (Old Masonic Hall) |
1886 | 1886 - ? | Museum Bellville Historical Society.[73] | |
Old South Side Masonic lodge building | Fort Worth, Texas | NRHP (South Side Masonic Lodge No. 1114) |
1924 | 1924 - 1977 | Commercial Lodge moved to a new location.[74] Now an office building. | |
Utah
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked
Vermont
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burlington Masonic Temple | Burlington, Vermont | NRHP Included in Head of Church Street Historic District |
1897 | 1897 - ? | Commercial | |
Virginia
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hamilton Masonic Lodge | Hamilton, Virginia | NRHP (Hamilton Masonic Lodge) |
1873 | 1873 - 1990? | Unknown No masonic lodges meet in the building today. | |
Landmark Theater (Richmond, Virginia) | Richmond, Virginia | NRHP (Acca Temple Shrine) |
1926 | 1926 - 1940s | Theater[75] | |
Renaissance Building (Richmond, Virginia) | Richmond, Virginia | NHRP (Masonic Temple) |
1888-93 | 1893 - 1971 | Commercial Now a catering venue and office building.[76][77] | |
Washington
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmington Community Center | Farmington, Washington | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1908 | 1908 - 1985 | Civic Donated to the town in 1985, contains the City Hall and Library. | |
Landmark Convention Center | Tacoma, Washington | NRHP (Masonic Temple Building-Temple Theater) |
1927 | 1925 - 1949? | Commercial | |
Masonic Temple (Yakima, Washington) | Yakima, Washington | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1911 | 1911 - ? | Unknown no lodges meet in the building today.[78] | |
Washington Hall (Seattle, Washington) | Seattle, Washington | Historic Seattle | 1908 built | 1970s - 2009 | Unknown | |
West Virginia
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Literary Hall | Romney, West Virginia | NRHP (Literary Hall) |
1886 | 1973 | Museum No lodge currently meets in the building. | |
Masonic Temple (Fairmont, West Virginia) | Fairmont, West Virginia | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1906 | 1906 - ? | Commercial No lodge currently meets in the building. | |
River towers (Huntington, West Virginia) | Huntington, West Virginia | NRHP (Masonic Temple-Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building) |
1914 | 1914 - ? | Commercial No lodge currently meets in the building | |
Wisconsin
Building | Image | Location | Landmarking agency (Listed as) |
Year built | Dates of Masonic usage | Current Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antique Emporium | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | NRHP (Eau Claire Masonic Temple) |
1899 built 2007 NRHP-listed |
1899 - 1927 | Commercial | |
The History Museum at the Castle | Appleton, Wisconsin | NRHP (Masonic Temple) |
1923 | 1923 -1985 | Museum | |
Kilbourn Masonic Temple | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | NRHP (Kilbourn Masonic Temple) |
1911 | 1911 - ? | Unknown No lodges currently meet in the building. | |
Monroe County Museum | Sparta, Wisconsin | NRHP (Sparte Masonic Temple) |
1923 | 1923 - ? | Museum | |
Oregon Masonic Hall | Oregon, Wisconsin | NRHP (Oregon Masonic Hall) |
1898 | 1898 - ? | Unknown No lodges meet in the building. | |
Wyoming
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked
See also
- List of Masonic buildings (International list)
- List of Masonic buildings in the United States
References
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- ↑ website of Tanana Lodge No. 3, the lodge which used to meet in the building.
- ↑ Kingman Historic Buildings: Masonic Temple
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- ↑ City of Saint Louis website - City Landmarks
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- ↑ "Paranormal Presentations", Watertown Daily Times, May 12, 2011
- ↑ Sale of Watertown Masonic Temple up in air, Water Down Daily Times, January 14, 2011
- ↑ The Gateway Club website - History
- ↑ Grand Lodge of North Carolina lodge locator search for Shelby
- ↑ Columbus Athenæum website
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- ↑ Daniel Barbarisi, Temple digs, The Providence Journal, Sunday, May 20, 2007
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- ↑ Andrew Ashby, Old Union Planters Building Gets Major Facelift, Memphis Daily News, Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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- ↑ Grand Lodge of Washington list of lodges