List of Masonic buildings in the United States
List of Masonic buildings in the United States identifies notable Masonic buildings in the United States. These have served as meeting halls by Masonic lodges, Grand Lodges or other Masonic bodies. Many of the buildings were built to house Masonic meetings and ritual activities in their upper floors, and to provide commercial space below. In small towns, these were frequently the grandest and tallest buildings. Many of the buildings listed have received landmark status, either by being listed on the National Register of Historic Places or listed by various State or City preservation agencies.
In 2021, more than 400 Masonic buildings are listed here.
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| Individually NRHP-listed | |
| NRHP-listed historic district | |
| Contributing property in NRHP-listed historic district | |
| Unlisted |
States
California
Masons in California grew from 258 members in 1850 to over 63,000 in 1918, declining to 46,000 in 2019.| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | - | |
| 1 | Masonic Temple and Lodge (Alameda, California) | 1890 built 1982 NRHP-listed | 1329-31 Park St. and 2312 Alameda Ave. | Alameda, California | Mission/Spanish Revival, Victorian Eclectic | - | |
| 2 | Masonic Temple (Auburn, California) | 1914-1915 built 2011 NRHP-listed | 948 Lincoln Way | Auburn, California | Beaux-Arts style, built in 1914–1915 | - | |
| 3 | Old Masonic Hall (Benicia, California) | 1850 built 1972 NRHP-listed | 106 W. J St. | Benicia, California | The oldest purpose built Masonic Hall in California. The building was sold by the Masons in 1887, but was reacquired and refurbished for Masonic use in 1950. NRHP-listed | - | |
| 4 | Masonic Temple (Berkeley, California) | 1905 built 1982 NRHP-listed | 2105 Bancroft Way and 2295 Shattuck Ave. | Berkeley, California | Classical Revival style, built in 1905. The upper floors were later used by University of California, Berkeley. | - | |
| 5 | Masonic Temple (Ferndale, California) | 1891 built NRHP-C-listed 1994 | 212 Francis | Ferndale, California | Eastlake-Stick architecture built in 1891. It is used as a Masonic Hall. Contributing building in NRHP-listed Ferndale Main Street Historic District | - | |
| 6 | Masonic Temple (Fullerton, California) | 1920 built 1995 NRHP-listed | 501 N. Harbor Blvd. | Fullerton, California | Built in Mission/Spanish Revival style. This was the second Masonic meeting hall in Fullerton. Due to declining membership and rising costs, the Masons sold the building in 1993, and it has been converted into the Spring Field Banquet Center, a commercial banquet hall and reception center. | - | |
| 7 | Brewster Building | 1882 built 2000 NRHP | 201 4th St., Galt, California | coordinates = | Galt, California | Italianate commercial originally with Masonic group upstairs. | |
| 8 | Masonic Temple | c.1908 built 1992 CP NRHP-listed | 355 San Benito St. | Hollister, California | Prominent contributing building in Downtown Hollister Historic District, with a domed cupola. | - | |
| 9 | Hornitos Masonic Hall No. 98 | 1855 built 2005 NRHP-listed | 2877 Bear Valley Rd. | Hornitos, California | Mid 19th Century Revival style During the first twenty years of its existence, the building served many different purposes, operating as a photography studio, a jewelry and watch store, tailor shop and finally as the Fashion Saloon. It was purchased by Masons in August 1873 for $220, and they renovated it for use as a Masonic Hall. Sometime in early 1875, the Masons began holding regular meetings in the building and have occupied it ever since. | - | |
| 10 | Masonic Temple (Long Beach, California) | 1903 built 19__ Long Beach-listed | 230 Pine Ave. | Long Beach, California | Listed on the List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks It is "one of the last remaining examples of eminent local architect Henry Starbuck, who designed many of the city's turn-of-the-century buildings." It was renovated and restored in the 1980s, and was remodelled in the 1990s for use by Z Gallerie, a store. | - | |
| 11 | Masonic Temple (Marysville, California) | 1864 dedicated | N.E. corner of Third and East Streets | Marysville, California | - | ||
| 12 | Scottish Rite Cathedral (Long Beach, California) | 1926 built 1980 Long Beach-listed | 855 Elm Ave. | Long Beach, California | Romanesque Revival; a Long Beach Historic Landmark | - | |
| 13 | Hollywood Masonic Temple | 1921 built 1985 NRHP-listed | 6840 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood neighborhood | Los Angeles, California | John C. Austin-designed, Classical Revival style | - | |
| 12 | Highland Park Masonic Temple | 19__ built 1990 NRHP-listed | 104 N. Avenue 56, in Highland Park neighborhood | Los Angeles, California | Mission/Spanish Revival style | - | |
| 13 | Prince Hall Masonic Temple | 19__ built 2009 NRHP-listed | 1050 E. 50th St., South Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | - | ||
| 14 | Scottish Rite Masonic Temple (Los Angeles) | Wilshire Boulevard | Los Angeles, California | Scottish Rite Masonic Temple Los Angeles. Later became the Marciano Art Foundation Pavilions. | - | ||
| 15 | Shrine Auditorium | 1925 built 1987 NRHP-listed | 665 W. Jefferson Blvd. | Los Angeles, California | Moorish Revival style; built by Al Malaikah Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of Mystics of the Noble Shrine. | - | |
| 16 | Masonic Hall (Mendocino, California) | 1866 built 1971 NRHP-CP-listed | 10500 Lansing Street | Mendocino, California | Built of redwood, including a unique redwood sculpture crowning its cupola | - | |
| 17 | Scottish Rite Cathedral (Pasadena, California) | 1925 built | 150 N. Madison Ave. --> | Pasadena, California | Deemed NRHP-eligible but not NRHP-listed | - | |
| 18 | Masonic Building | 1882 built 1995 CP-listed | 43-49 Petaluma Blvd. N., 7/9 Western Ave. | Petaluma, California | Brick building with cast iron detailing, Italianate in style, included in Petaluma Historic Commercial District. | - | |
| 19 | Masonic Temple (Riverside, California) | 1908 built 1980 NRHP-listed | 3650 11th St. | Riverside, California | Built in Classical Revival style in 1908. | - | |
| 20 | Sacramento Masonic Temple | 1920 built 2001 NRHP-listed | 1131 J St. | Sacramento, California | Beaux-Arts and Renaissance style | - | |
| 21 | Nob Hill Masonic Center | 1958 built | 1111 California Street | San Francisco, California | Albert Roller-designed | - | |
| 22 | Scottish Rite Masonic Center (San Francisco, California) | 2850 19th Avenue | San Francisco, California | - | |||
| 23 | Texas Lodge Masonic Hall | 1869 built | CA-299 | San Juan Bautista, California | Texas Lodge No. 46 F. & A. M. was founded by Edward Farris Storey and first met in 1854. | - | |
| 24 | Shasta Masonic Hall, or Western Star Lodge No. 2 - F & A.M. | 1971 CP NRHP-listed | CA-299 | Shasta, California | Two-story brick building, included in NRHP-listed Shasta State Historic Park. | - | |
| 25 | Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55 | 1855 built 1978 NRHP-listed | 623 Main St. | Suisun City, California | NRHP-listed | - | |
| 26 | Molino Lodge Building | 1980 NRHP-listed | 3rd and C Sts. | Tehama | - | ||
| 27 | Masonic Temple-Naval Lodge No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons | 1918 built 2013 NRHP-listed | Marin & Virginia Sts. | Vallejo, California | Maybe also called "Vallejo Masonic Temple"? (this table entry was changed from NRHP name, "Masonic Temple-Naval Lodge No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons". Now Temple Art Lofts? | - | |
| 28 | Wheatland Masonic Temple | 1898 built 1993 NRHP-listed | 400 Front St. | Wheatland, California | Classical Revival style. Until 1948 the upper floor meeting rooms were used jointly by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Freemasons. In 1948 the Masons bought out the Odd Fellows. | - | |
| 29 | Windsor Masonic Temple | 1898 built | 371 Windsor River Road | Windsor, California | Burned in 1905, severely damaged in 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Now a Windsor historical landmark. | - | |
| 30 | Woodbridge Masonic Lodge No. 131 | 1882 built 1989 NRHP-listed | 1040 Augusta St. | Woodbridge, California | Gothic style | - | |
| 31 | Ionic Masonic Center | 1950 built | 1122 South La Cienega Blvd. | Los Angeles, California | - | ||
| 32 | Elysian Masonic Temple | Opened 1959 | 1900 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 | Los Angeles, California | Home to the, Elysian Masonic Temple is a 13,000 square foot building situated on about an acre of land in the heart of Los Angeles in the Los Feliz neighborhood. Opened in 1959 | - |
Illinois
Maine
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
| 1 | Masonic Hall (Augusta, Maine) | 1894 built 1986 NRHP-listed | 313-321 Water St. | Augusta, Maine | Renaissance-style, designed by John Spofford | |
| 2 | Masonic Temple (Belfast, Maine) | 1877 built 1973 NRHP-listed | High St. | Belfast, Maine | ||
| 3 | Masonic Hall | 1916 built | Guilford, Maine | Built 1916. Demolished in 2000. | ||
| 4 | Kora Temple | 1908 built 1975 NRHP-listed | 11 Sabattus St. | Lewiston, Maine | Designed by George M. Coombs in Exotic Revival and/or Moorish style | |
| 5 | Masonic Temple (Portland, Maine) | 1911 built 1982 NRHP-listed | Portland, Maine |
Massachusetts
Boston has been the site of several significant Masonic buildings.In 1830, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts bought land on the corner of Tremont Street and Turnagain Alley. A Temple was constructed on the site and dedicated in 1832, but initially could not be owned by the Grand Lodge because of legal limitations on the value of real estate that the Grand Lodge could hold. Turnagain Alley became Temple Place and the Temple School, established by Bronson Alcott, was housed there during the 1830s. The Temple also held a concert hall and was the site of many public lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, including his reading of The Transcendentalist in 1842. Masons used the Masonic Temple for meetings until 1858, when the building was sold to the U.S. government for use as a courthouse. The government sold the building in 1885 and it was remodeled into commercial space for the R. H. Stearns department store.
Beginning in 1859, Boston's Masons occupied a building at the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets that was known as Winthrop House, and that was rededicated as "Freemason's Hall" in December 1859. That building was destroyed by fire in April 1864. A grand new Masonic Temple building, designed by Merrill G. Wheelock, was built in its place on the same site and dedicated in 1867. The second temple was also destroyed by fire in 1895 and replaced at the same location with a building designed by George F. Loring and Sanford Phipps, dedicated on December 27, 1899.
Also in Massachusetts:
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
| 4 | Lynn Masonic Hall | 1880 built 1979 NRHP-listed | Lynn, Massachusetts | A Gothic-style building from 1880, NRHP-listed | ||
| 5 | Masonic Building (Newton, Massachusetts) | 1896 built 1986 CP | 296 to 304 Walnut Street & 456 to 460 Newtonville Avenue | Newton, Massachusetts | Part of Newtonville Historic District, which is NRHP-listed | |
| 6 | Masonic Temple (Quincy, Massachusetts) | 1926 built 1989 NRHP-listed | 1170 Hancock St. | Quincy, Massachusetts | Classical Revival building from 1926 | |
| 7 | Masonic Block (Reading, Massachusetts) | 1984 NRHP-listed | 600-622 Main Street | Reading, Massachusetts | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals and other architecture | |
| 8 | Masonic Temple (Springfield, Massachusetts) | 1923 built 1983 NRHP-listed | 339-341 State Street | Springfield, Massachusetts | Classical Revival | |
| 9 | Masonic Temple (Worcester, Massachusetts) | 1914 built 1980 NRHP-listed | Ionic Ave. | Worcester, Massachusetts | Classical Revival | |
| 10 | Masonic Hospital | Shrewsbury, Massachusetts | Former Whittall estate, Juniper Hall, donated to the Masons in 1927, in what is now Prospect Park. Ownership taken by the town of Shrewsbury in 1976; demolished in 1979. |
New Hampshire
Ohio
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
| 1 | Times Building-Lodge Hall | 1902 built 1989 NRHP-listed | 19 E. Waterloo St. | Canal Winchester, Ohio | ||
| 1.5 | Masonic Lodge (Circleville, Ohio) | 1876 built 1978 NRHP CP | 113-115 S. Court St. | Circleville, Ohio | Included in Circleville Historic District | |
| 2 | Cleveland Masonic Temple | 1920 built 2001 NRHP-listed | 3615 Euclid Ave. | Cleveland, Ohio | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture | |
| 3 | Masonic Temple (Columbus, Ohio) | 1899 built 1997 NRHP-listed | 34 N. 4th St. | Columbus, Ohio | Classical Revival | |
| 4 | York Lodge No. 563 | 1915 built 1984 NRHP-listed | 1276 N. High St. | Columbus, Ohio | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance architecture | |
| 5 | York Rite Masonic Temple | 1925 built 1983 NRHP-listed | 861-867 Mt. Vernon Ave. | Columbus, Ohio | Also known as Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater, a Colonial Revival building from 1925, NRHP-listed | |
| 6 | Dayton Masonic Center | 1925-1928 built 1986 CP-NRHP-listed | 573 W. Riverview Avenue | Dayton, Ohio | Classical Revival | |
| 7 | Masonic Temple | 1890 built 1995 NRHP-listed | 422 Broadway | East Liverpool, Ohio | Built 1916 in Colonial Revival style. as a private residence, it was purchased by the Masons in 1910 and converted into a meeting hall. Also known as the "Godwin-Knowles House". | |
| 8 | Masonic Temple | 1880-84 built 1974 NRHP-listed | 409 West Main Street | Kent, Ohio | An Italianate house, originally the home of the Marvin Kent family, it was purchased by the local Masonic lodge in 1923 and converted into a meeting hall. | |
| 9 | Masonic Temple (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) | 1909 built 1985 NRHP-listed | N. Main St. | Mechanicsburg, Ohio | Bungalow/Craftsman | |
| 10 | Medina Masonic Temple and Medina Theater | 1924 built 2002 NRHP-listed | 120 N. Elmwood Ave. and 139 W. Liberty St. | Medina, Ohio | Greek Revival | |
| 11 | Niles Masonic Temple | 1923 built 2006 NRHP-listed | 22 W. Church St. | Niles, Ohio | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals | |
| 12 | Rushville Masonic Hall | c.1850 built 1980 NRHP CP | Main St. & Market St. | Richland Township, Fairfield County, Ohio | Town Hall and Masonic Hall, in Rushville Historic District | |
| 13 | Masonic Temple (Sandusky, Ohio) | 1889 built | 302 Wayne St. | Sandusky, Ohio | Romanesque; also known as "Science Lodge No. 50 F & A M", determined NRHP-eligible | |
| 14 | Masonic Temple (Springfield, Ohio) | 1927 built 2008 NRHP-listed | 125 W. High St. | Springfield, Ohio | NRHP-listed | |
| 15 | Masonic Temple Building (Vermilion, Ohio) | 1870 built 1979 NRHP-listed | Main St., S. of Liberty St. | Vermilion, Ohio | Italianate | |
| 16 | New England Lodge | 1820 built 1973 NRHP-listed | 634 N. High St. | Worthington, Ohio | Asserted in 1999 to be the oldest Masonic lodge west of the Allegheny Mountains which has been in continuous Masonic use. Plans in 2016 were to convert it to condominiums, though retaining space for a Masonic museum and offices. | |
| 17 | West Milton Lodge No. 577 | 1983 built | 102 North Washington St. | West Milton, Ohio | ||
| 18 | Masonic Temple (Youngstown, Ohio) | 1909 built 1997 NRHP-listed | 223–227 Wick Ave. | Youngstown, Ohio | Colonial Revival In January 2016 it was announced that the Masons could no longer afford the building and that the building was to be sold. | |
| 19 | Masonic Lodge No. 472 | 1884 built 2000 NRHP-listed | 18 Commercial St. | Zaleski, Ohio | Italianate | |
| 20 | Lafayette Lodge No. 79 | 1857 built 1978 NRHP-listed | 333 Market St. | Zanesville, Ohio | ||
| 21 | Masonic Temple Building (Zanesville, Ohio) | 1903 built 1990 NRHP-listed | 36-42 N. Fourth St. | Zanesville, Ohio | Second Renaissance Revival. | |
| 22 | St. Mark's Masonic Temple No. 7 of the Prince Hall Free & Accepted Masons | 1927 built, 2009 listed | 988 E. Long Street | Columbus, Ohio |
Texas
Vermont
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
| 1 | Masonic Temple | 1929 "created" 1979 NRHP-CP-listed | 2 Academy Street | Barre, Vermont | Monumental pedimented Tuscan portico, Masonic Temple signage, and offices extension to the rear added in 1929 to c.1830-built Greek Revival house. Included in Barre Downtown Historic District. | |
| 2 | Burlington Masonic Temple | 1897 built 1974 NRHP-CP-listed | 1, 3 and 5 Church Street corner of Pearl Street | Burlington, Vermont | Richardsonian Romanesque; included in Head of Church Street Historic District. | |
| 3 | Masonic Temple (Northfield, Vermont) | Elm & S. Main | Northfield, Vermont | |||
| 4 | Masonic Temple | 1912 built 1980 NRHP CP | Eastern Avenue | St. Johnsbury, Vermont | Contributing in St. Johnsbury Historic District. |
Insular areas
Puerto Rico
List of masonic buildings in Puerto Rico, an insular area of the United States, include:| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
| 1 | Logia Adelphia | 1912 built 1986 NRHP-listed | 64E Sol Street | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | Designed by architect Sabas Honore, with elaborate and well-preserved front facade. In 1984, the building was still being used by Adelphia Lodge #1, the oldest Masonic Lodge located in Mayagüez. | |
| 2 | Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz | 1894 built 1988 NRHP-listed | José Celso Barbosa Avenue | Yauco, Puerto Rico | Probably the oldest Masonic building in Puerto Rico. |