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NPS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name other names/site number _ 2. Location street & number -not for publication city or town : L vicinity county - 049 zip code_43215 State 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certity that this *X nomination *X meets -does not meet the National Register criteria.I recommend that this property be considered significant _ nationally statewideXX locally.

(LJ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation.Office -- OHSHPO State of Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification 4 entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the removed from the National - other. (explain:) Columbus code Date Franklin Ohio Register. RECEIVED comments.) Registration Form Masonic Temple (FRA-532-18) National Register 34 North Fourth Street JAN 30 1997 OMB No 10024-0018 (Oct 1990) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions.

architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional L request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Dept. Head I hereby certify that the property is: Dale offaction 049 1-14-97 201 County and State 5. Classification Number of Resources within Property Check only one (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) - private - building(s) - public-local - district - public-State U site - public-Federal - structure - object Number of contributing resources previously listed 6.

Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions Enter categories from instructions Social: meeting hall Recreation: auditorium 7.

Description Late 19th & 20th Century Revival: Stone: sandstone Classical Revial/Neo-Classical Revival walls Noncontributing Brick foundation Total none roof CategoryofProperty Materials other Asphalt shingle Masonic Temple Narrative Description Architectural Classification Vacant/Not in use Terra Cotta in the National Register Name of Property Franklin (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Ownership of Property lame of related multiple property listing (Check as many boxes as apply) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH The Masonic Temple is a four-story masonry building on a raised foundation that encompasses almost an entire quarter-block in downtown Columbus, Ohio, one block north and east of Capitol Square (photo I).

The west elevation, the building's facade, measures 192 feet along North Fourth Street. The building's east-west dimension also is 192 feet; it fills the quarter-block except atthe northeast corner, where there is a 92-by-32-foot parking lot (photo 7). While the building is four stories in height, the floor-to-ceiling heights are quite tall due to the numerous auditorium spaces on the interior, so the overall height of the building is more like that of a six or seven-story structure. The Masonic Temple was built in three stages, each completed in 1899, 1913, and 1935 respectively. The original 1899 building (figure 1) was located on the two southernmost building lots of the six lots now occupied, at the northeast corner of Lynn and North Fourth Streets.

Built as a fireproof building with a steel frame and masonry exterior, the Temple was a 64-by-192-foot gable-roofed structure with a large triangular pediment on the Fourth Street facade. Set on a raised rusticated red sandstone foundation, the building featured exterior walls of golden-brown brick, with deeply-set window openings. The central entrance on the first floor consisted of paired doors with a transom and was framed in heavy white limestone with a pronounced inward batter. First-floor windows were large and were subdivided into nine major parts, with a triple panel set in the center of each. Upper-floor windows were unframed and plain. The second-floor windows had nine panes; the third-floor were small versions of the "Chicago" window, and the fourth-floor windows were a three-over-one terra cotta beltcourse separated the third and fourth floors.

At the fourth floor, pilasters with stylized lonic capitals separated the windows and supported a plain entablature, above which rested the very pronounced pediment (photo 4 shows original 1899 building along Lynn Street - also see figure 1). Construction began in 1912 on an addition that would markedly change the Masonic Temple. The addition encompassed three additional lots north of the existing structure, making the overall dimensions 160 by 192 feet. The addition created a symmetrical building that was Description Continuation Sheet considered at the time to be the largest edifice in the world devoted to Masonic purposes. arrangement. The building's walls were unrelieved below the third floor, where a projecting National Register of Historic Places Section number 7 Page - United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH building.

The masonry above the fourth-floor pilasters was removed and a new cornice, frieze, and balustrade were installed. The addition itself consisted of a section 32 feet wide and a north section 64 by 192 feet. which now formed the south section of the building, resulting in a symmetrical appearance overall. The principal central entrance was finished similarly. Above the new center entrance, a massive portico in antis with Corinthian columns dominated the facade, along with a large pavilion with cornice and balustrade above the roofline. The addition was constructed of steel framing and a masonry exterior consisting of the same materials used in the original building. Stone, brick, and terra cotta colors and textures were matched closely (photos 2 and In 1935 the Masonic Temple underwent yet another substantial reconfiguration and assumed its current form (photo 2).

At this time, the portico in antis and dormer of the center section were removed and replaced by a continuation of the frieze, cornice, and balustrade already in place on the north and south sections; the large columns were replaced by small ones at the fourth floor, and the recessed windows behind the large columns were extended out flush with the face of the building (photos 2 & 3). On the north end, a 32-by-100 foot addition filled just over half of the last building lot on the quarter-block (photo 7). Though built of the same materials and matching the fenestration of the rest of the building, this addition made the Temple distinctly asymmetrical in appearance. On the interior, the Masonic Temple is a complex combination of circulation spaces, offices, meeting rooms, auditoriums, and Masonic ceremonial rooms (figures 6-8).

All rooms are a combination of original spaces, those from the 1913 addition, those from the 1935 addition, and rooms altered over the years, primarily when the 1935 addition was built. The main entrance leads into a north-south corridor on the first floor. Directly behind the corridor is (photo 12). To the north are the kitchen and dining room, located in the 1935 addition; to the south are the wood-paneled lobby, offices, and reception room (photos 10 & 11). the Ballroom, which has a mezzanine supported by square columns with egg-and-dart Description (cont'd) The north section duplicated the modified fenestration and details of the original building, National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet These elements were carried across the middle of the west and south facades of the building.

The 1913 addition (figures 2, 3 & 4) resulted in significant modifications to the original moldings; a polished hardwood floor; and a coffered ceiling with geometric painted designs Page Section number 7- RPS Form 10-900 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service The basement housed three bowling alleys, billiards, small dining room with storage and serving rooms, Scottish Rite work space, and engineer's headquarters and machinery room. The first floor housed card rooms, parlors, reading room, library and secretary's offices with: banquet hall (60' x 100') with serving and storage rooms is also on this floor (photo 13).

In the basement, which is raised and lighted by windows at sidewalk level, the former billiard Below the first-floor ballroom is another room of similar size, though with a much The second floor houses a series of meeting rooms to the south and west of the Ballroom's upper area. Spaces include two blue lodge rooms, one chapter room for the RAM Council, singers' gallery, organ loft, candidates room with preparation, sentinel and smoking rooms and meeting rooms surround a central hall and a stairway that descends to a doorway on the south ceiling with ornamental plaster trim and painted geometric and Masonic designs.

Parasol- ornate, with a raised dais instead of a stage, and with painted faux designs that resemble The main auditorium, or "Cathedral" of the Ancient Order of the Scottish Rite, is 60' x 80°, painted scenery flats with Egyptian and Masonic motifs, and seats are arranged arena-style around a central floor, rather than in rows as in a regular theater. The small auditorium has a smaller rectangular proscenium and side balconies; it was the auditorium for the original 1899 decorated space, with heavily-painted walls and faux architectural elements (photos 21 and 22; figure 8). ornamental plaster (photo 17; figure 7). National Register of Historic Places lower ceiling.Kitchen space occupies the basement level below the first-floor dining room. Continuation Sheet rooms." The second floor also houses a large room for U. S.

Scottish Rite work, including a priory, which are surrounded on both floors by small meeting rooms, offices and a library. Description (cont'd) Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH shaped suspended lights appear tobe from the 1930s alterations (photo 15).Room 5 is less side at street level. Room 6, one of the original 1898 spaces, has a stage and a beamed The third and fourth floors are dominated by the large auditorium, a small auditorium, and the room and bowling alleys of the original building are now used for meeting and exhibit space. 700lockers and a Red Cross room.In the original southern portion of the building, four building (photos 18 & 19).

The priory, though small, is the building's most elaborately the building's most impressive space(photos 23and 24,figure 8).The fly space contains and boasts a 40' arched proscenium.With a seating capacity of over 1,000, this is perhaps Section number . each of which were provided with the proper "guard, tyler, ante, preparation and examination vault. The main entrance was on N. Fourth St. with a side entrance on Lynn Street. A large Page 3 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH Walls are painted to resemble stone blocks, and both religious and Masonic motifs adorn the The Masonic Temple, enlarged and modified over a 35 year period, is a sensitive blend of architectural design elements from the late 1890s through the 1930s, with few elements dating from later than the 1930s.

From the faintly Egyptian character of its exterior door surrounds to its powerful and mysterious Masonic ornamentation, the building has survived remarkably 1899 building. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places brackets, which are themselves painted to resemble marble. The priory was in the original Description (cont'd) intact and with a high level of integrity. walls and ceiling. This space has a Gothic-arched ribbed ceiling supported on large projecting (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB AoprovelNo 1024-0018 Page 4 Section number - 7 NPS Form 10-900-a CMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH Section number Page _ 209 Masonic Temple, Columbus, Ohio. FIGURE 2. MASONIC TEMPLE (1913 PHASE) National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (8-86) FIGURE 1.

MASONIC TEMPLE (1899 BUILDING) Page NPS Form 10-900-a CMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, OHIO. FIGURE 3. STRIBLING & LUM RENDERING OF TEMPLE September, Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places (8-86) Section number 7 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH Section number - - Page - FIGURE 4. MASONIC TEMPLE ca. 1920 Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Register of Historic Places (Photos and postcard courtesy Ohio Historical Society) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH Section number - Page - 8 Temple Assh. T.

M.Bigger 2l39 Lynn Realty Co. 637 CENTRAL: OFFICE WESTERN MASONIC Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places FLATS FIGURE 5. INSURANCE MAPS 62.5 NPS Form 10-900-a ci 5638 HHE GAYFOR Baists Property Atlas of the City of Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1900 WELDING Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Columbus, ca. 1920 Plat Book of Columbus and Vicinity, Franklin County, Ohio, 1937 639 H.W.Struble (8-86) 100 SCHIFF COMPANY 192 93.15 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH Section number - MEN LOBBY Page KITCHEN BALLROOM FIRST FLOOR Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a FIGURE 6. FIRST FLOOR PLAN NPS Form 10-900-3 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH Page Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Register of Historic Places Section number 7 SECOND FLOOR PLAN NPS Form 10-900-a CMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH Section number - - Page AUDITORIUM SMALL PRIORY STORAGE LARGE (8-86) STAGE Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places THIRD FLOOR FIGURE 8. THIRD FLOOR PLAN Franklin, OH 8. Statement of Significance

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Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing.) [x A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, Significant Dates religious purposes. Significant Person - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure.

- F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years. Yost & Packard Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 & State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government W University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other D recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1913 1899-1946 1935 Bibilography Register Architecture Architect/Builder Social History Property is: Criteria Considerations information important in prehistory or history. our history. individual distinction.

Applicable National Register Criteria Masonic Temple A owned by a religious institution or used for Period of Significance G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance Cultural Affiliation County and State (see continuation sheet) Name of Property (Mark "x in all the boxes that apply.) Franklin, OH Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 1. Form Prepared B 65 Jefferson Avenue street & number _ city or town . zip code 43215 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Representative black and white photographs of the property.

Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) The Columbus Athenaeum, Ltd. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate@ a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.470 et seq.) instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O.

Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of 614-221-0227 Photographs Columbus Zone Maps Easting name state organization telephone Northing name/title Masonic Temple Boundary Justification Jeffrey T.Darbee and Kathy Mast conjunction with OHPO staff Less than 1 acre A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing 32 North Fourth Street Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503 NPS Form 10-900-s United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH Statement of Significance expression of an eclectic, Neo-Classical Revival style fraternal hall detailed with the rich fraternal symbolism of the Masonic organization. The building is also significant under consolidation of the Masonic orders under one roof in downtown Columbus.

Built in three second phase, which resulted in much of the building's present footprint, was designed in the was hailed as the largest Masonic edifice in the United States used exclusively by the The monumentality of the building also reflects the growth and expansion of the Freemasonry devoted exclusively to Masonic functions. Masonic meetings were previously held along the Eastern coast of the colonies, Masonry came to this continent officially on April 30, 1733 with the establishment of a provincial movement, both locally and nationally. The building, especially the entrances and windows, The Masonic Temple of Columbus, Ohio is significant under Criterion C as a monumental National Register of Historic Places intricate and behind the scenes role in the period leading up to the Revolutionary War.

Many was considered "architecturally correct," having been designed "in harmony with one of the tenets of the Masonic order" (Dispatch, 10/19/13). In contrast to a lodge hall, which fraternity (Dispatch, 10/19/13; History of Freemasonry, p. 111). The Temple is distinguished Continuation Sheet harmoniously incorporated and complemented much of the design of the original structure. Freemasonry began in 1717 in England out of the remnants of the Stone Masons Guild.The Organized Freemasonry was established in Ohio in 1790 in Marietta.Gustavus R. Swan was of our nation's founding fathers were members of this order (Eichensehr,1996).

idea of forming this type of social order spread rapidly across Europe.Although many Masons of Ohio was created in 1808 in Chillicothe, then the state capital, from six Masonic traditionally shares space and ownership with another entity under a common roof, a temple is interior of grey marble, wood paneling, and faux painting. The 1913 and 1935 expansions stages, the first building was designed in 1898 by the prominent Columbus architectural firms grand Lodge in Boston under the Grand Lodge of England.This fraternity played a very by its imposing exterior elevations faced in stone and buff brick and an intricately detailed the first Mason in Ohio admitted to the Lodge.The Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Criterion A as it represents the zenith of Freemasonry in central Ohio and also as the physical Neo-Classical style in 1913 by Stribling & Lum, architects.

At the time of this expansion, it OMB Approval No 1024-0018 of Yost & Packard, Kremer & Hart and John M. Freese (Dispatch, 4/2/1898; 8/31/98). The Section number - Page. (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Statement of Significance (cont'd) After Columbus was established as the new state capital in 1812, the Grand Lodge relocated Franklinton in 1815 and moved to Columbus as Lodge #30 where it existed from 1816 to 1835. It closed in response to "the Morgan excitement," a national anti-Masonic crusade beginning in 1827 that spread westward. As a result of sensational and damaging revelations a new location on East Town Street. House. In January, 1854, records show that Magnolia Lodge leased the hall in the City Bank Building on the S.E. Corner of State and High Streets and they sublet to Mt.

Vernon Encampment atan annual rental of $50.00 and to Ohio Chapter at $60.00 providing that they several African American lodges, called Prince Halls, that met in various lodges around the By March 3,1892, Columbus Lodge #30, in collaboration with other Columbus lodges, secured a site for the new Masonic Temple at North Fourth and Gay Streets and sold their committee worked for five years through the Panic of 1893 raising the necessary building funds. Masonic purposes. representative from each of the Columbus lodges, began planning for the new facility. The city. Evidence indicates none of the Prince Hall members used the Masonic Temple. pay for their own gas and fuel. Later the lodge moved to the Johnson Building and lodges (Marietta, Cincinnati, Warren, Zanesville, Chillicothe, and Worthington). The Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH to Columbus in 1816.

The first lodge in the Columbus vicinity, Ohio Lodge #15, started in which was a common meeting place for Masonic bodies. By the year 1898, Magnolia Lodge in 1849. With membership surpassing the hundred-mark in 1884, Columbus Lodge moved to National Register of Historic Places Columbus, but by 1842 Columbus Lodge #30 was resuscitated and a new meeting hall located Town Street property.

A Masonic Committee, comprised of 11 individuals and 1 membership declined.From 1836 through 1841 there was no organized Masonic fraternity in in 1973, is the oldest Masonic Temple west of the Appalachians continuously used for found in a publication written by William Morgan, a New York Mason, lodge meetings and subsequently to a building on the south side of Town Street between3rd and 4th Streets, boasted the largest membership in the state with 604 members.It should be noted there were NPS Form 10-900-a Worthington Temple (New England Lodge), built in 1820 and listed on the National Register place was in the Franklin Building located on the west side of High Street, south of the Neil In 1847, a charter was granted to form Magnolia Lodge #20 in Columbus.

The first meeting Section number 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH Statement of Significance (cont'd) In the autumn of 1897, with membership in Columbus Lodge #30 passing the three-hundred mark, the plan for the Masonic Temple was approved by the Committee, and a Masonic Trustees of the new Association represented over 15 Masonic bodies, including several In 1898, under the leadership of Frank A. Hayden, the Columbus Lodge offered a major contribution toward the building fund, which started the momentum to successfully raise the necessary funds. The efforts to raise funds for the Temple and the construction of the building spurred additional interest in the fraternity. The Masonic Temple was the first permanent Masonic "home" for several lodges of the order.

Each of the incorporating lodges had equal tenant rights in the building, regardless of their indoor plumbing and extra rooms for storing the Masonic paraphernalia. As the oldest Masonic Lodge in Columbus, Lodge #30 assumed the role of "patriarch," the father of a Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. In addition to the growth of the Symbolic Blue Rite, and Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The Scottish Rite and the York Rite are organizations of men who have completed the 4th through the 32nd degrees of Masonry. Although Scottish years in Columbus, the various lodges had met in eight different locations, including the Town Street site (demolished), Chittenden Hotel (demolished), City Hall (1872, 1883) Temple Association was formed that December to administer and oversee the building project.

Freemasonry and the governing body for the other Masonic groups recognized by the Ohio National Register of Historic Places Scottish Rite-demolished). Lodges, other branches of the fraternity also prospered. These include Scottish Rite, York Continuation Sheet theory, to the Ohio Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons (Loveday, 1996).Over 83 Columbus lodges, the Mt. Vernon Commandery, the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, the Ohio Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons (R.A.M.) and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Aladdin). growing family of younger lodges (History of Columbus Lodge #30, p. 57).The Free and (demolished), the Neil House (demolished), the American Hotel (demolished), and the and York Rite organizations have their own governing bodies, they are subordinate, at least in Cathedral (1886,renovated Universalist Church on S.

Third St.for the Ancient Accepted Accepted Masons, also referred to as the Blue Lodge Comprise, are the basic level of size or revenues.Unlike many of the older lodge halls, the new Temple had electric lights, Section number Page NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Statement of Significance (cont'd) On August 31, 1898the cornerstone was laid for the Masonic Temple at the corner of North Street in the rear). Of fire-proof construction, it had a sandstone foundation with pressed brick (Dispatch, 4/2/98, p. 5); (Figure I) . included Albert L. Neereamer, chairman (Goodale Lodge), Edward C. Mills (Columbus several notable commissions in the downtown. Joseph Warren Yost (1847-1923) and Frank L.

reflects the Late Victorian eclecticism of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American of building types they designed, and their accurate borrowing from historic precedent of architecture in the auditorium is the making of the necessary arrangements for the Scottish Rite work from the fourth grade to the thirty-second grade, something that they lack now" specific details, historic forms, and use of particular styles for certain building types. National Register of Historic Places halls, jails, opera houses, hotels, libraries, and churches. Yost and Packard's architecture Masonic organizations in central Ohio were represented, and for the first time in 84 years David T. Logan and Charles Williams (York Lodge) (Ohio State Journal 11/5/99, p. 8). Lodge), J. Nick Koerner (Humboldt Lodge), John F.

Landferseik (Magnolia Lodge), and extensive practice in the state of Ohio for public buildings including courthouses, schools, city architecture. This eclectic approach is seen through their diverse use of styles, the wide range of Ohio, including Grand Master E. L. Lybarger and Governor Asa Bushnell. Most of the Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH This first building was built at a cost of $125,000, measuring 64' x 192' (extending to Young Over 4,0o0 people attended the dedication of the Masonic Temple "in accordance with exterior walls and terra cotta details. At the time it was noted, "the most essential part of the Masonic ritual" on November 14, 1899 with an impressive participation by the Grand Lodge Fourth and Lynn Streets with Governor Bushnell and over 500 Master Masons in attendance. Columbus Lodge had found a permanent home.

Members of the dedication committee Hart (1884-1899); and John M.Freese (1885-1906),all prominent Columbus architects with 1892 and developed, in the short eight year span of the firm, a reputation for having the most Architects for the 1898 Masonic Temple were Yost & Packard (1892-1900);Kremer & W.A. OMB Approval No 1024-0018 Packard (1866-1923), both esteemed architects in their own rights, formed a partnership in Page (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service This late nineteenth century eclecticism is seen in the Masonic Temple through the use of classical details borrowed from the monumental temples and tombs of ancient population increased 100percent, and by 1915 cities accounted for 61 percent of the state's north.

Masonic membership in Franklin County/Columbus had grown to the third largest Architects for the 1913 Masonic Temple expansion were Stribling & Lum of Columbus (Figure 3). ritual. (National Register, 7-19-84). Of the few extant buildings in Columbus designed by Stribling (Freemasonry in Ohio, p. 111). huge banquet hall, a large auditorium (the Scottish Rite Cathedral, with a seating capacity of Egyptian/Classical architectural sources associated with Masonic ideology, symbolism and population. Membership growth in Columbus Lodge #30 was equally impressive, rising to style building that was built to house the growing Masonic population in northern Columbus the Columbus Lodge. A rendering of the proposed temple appeared as early as Oct. 1911 over 700 Masons by 1915. Ohio had over 86,000 Masons in 1913. In 1908, having outgrown brothers who may come to the city." (Dispatch 10/19/13).

Another source observed, "the and Lum, the Masonic Temple is the grandest and most intact. library in the basement. According to a period newspaper article, the building "will be the Statement of Significance (cont'd) 2000 and a stage proclaimed larger than most theaters), a candidates room, and a Masonic trebling the capacity of the building. Of fully fireproof construction, spaces added included a (1902-1933) whose two principals were Charles A. Stribling and Harry W. Lum. Stribling National Register of Historic Places fraternal home of several thousand Columbus Masons and the place of sojourn of visiting The period from 1885 to 1915 was a time of rapid expansion and progress in Ohio.

Urban Continuation Sheet its original building, the Masonic interests bought the three lots adjoining the Temple on the Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH and Lum also served as architects for the York Lodge (1915), a handsome Italian Renaissance Masonic bodies of Columbus...have now, finished an addition to the Temple and this structure The 1913 expansion was designed to complement and incorporate the 1898 section, while now completed is the largest edifice devoted to exclusive Masonic purposes in the world." Masonic population in the state, with nearly 5,000 members, of which nearly 600 belonged to NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) Page 5 Section number - 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH Statement of Significance (cont'd) Early in 1934, on the heels of the Depression, the Gayforth Apartment Building north of the the 120th anniversary of the Columbus Lodge, the Masonic Temple was remodeled and a new were the architects of the 1935 remodeling.

Several unemployed members of the lodge were hired by the contractor to assist with the construction. In the summer of 1995 the Temple was vacated by the Masons and in August, 1996 the Columbus Athenaeum, with the assistance of the Ohio Preservation Alliance, assumed ownership of the property. The new owners plan to rehabilitate the structure according to the Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation into a conference and special events center. The Columbus Masonic Temple is among the oldest major urban Masonic temples extant in NROHP 5/25/90), Youngstown (1910, NROHP 1986), Canton (1925), Cincinnati (1928, NROHP 3/26/76), Dayton (1928), and Hamilton (1928) are all designed in the Neo-Classical or Second Renaissance Revival styles.

Cleveland's Masonic Temple (1921) is atypical in that Ohio, and generally is representative of the Neo-Classical Revival/Egyptian Revival style, the Temple along Gay Street was purchased by the Masons and demolished. In 1935, marking Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places preferred Masonic Temple design of the period.Masonic Temples in Zanesville (1903, its exterior design is more Byzantine and Romanesque in appearance. wing matching the design of older sections was added. The wing contained a large dining room, kitchen facilities, rehearsal spaces for band and chorus, and a ladies lounge. The remodeling included extensive"panel work."Bulford & Tremaine of Columbus(1902-1943), NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MASONIC TEMPLE, COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 8. Architect/Builder (continued) John M.

Freese Stribling and Lum Bulford & Tremaine 10. Verbal Boundary Description as shown of record in Deed Book 34, page 1, Franklin County Recorder's Office. Description is found in Official Records, Volume 32471, Page B 12. Verbal Boundary Justification Property includes all of lots #15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 in Deshler's Addition, National Register of Historic Places The nominated property includes the parcels historically associated with the Continuation Sheet Masonic Temple. Kremer and Hart Section number 8, 10 Page 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Masonic Temple, Franklin County, OH Baists Real Estate Atlases of Columbus. Ca. 1900-1920. Columbus Dispatch, 1872-1960. Eichensehr, Chuck. Columbus Lodge #10. Interview, October 1996. Mackay, Albert Gallatin. The History of Freemasonry. Volume 6. New York: The Masonic History Company, 1898 and 1906.

Ohio Historical Society. Small Collections and Baker Photo Collection. BIBLIOGRAPHY National Register of Historic Places Samuelson Robert E.,et. al. Architecture: Columbus, Columbus: Columbus Chapter, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio." Continuation Sheet Reeves, John G. History of Freemasonry in Ohio From 1791. Vol 3. Cincinnati 1914. Ohio State Journal, "New Temple of the Masons," 15 November 1899. Loveday, Dr. Amos J., Jr. Memorandum.23 June 1996. Columbus Metropolitan Library, Circulating Visuals. Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Ohio Historic Inventory. History of Columbus Lodge No.30 F.& A.M.1815-1965.Columbus 1965. Conaway, Franklin. Interview, September, 1996.

(8-86) Section number Page - - OMB Approval No1024-0018 Page National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: "The Masonic Temple Building NPS Form 10.900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Photo # Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Section number 593 South Fifth Street Columbus, OH 43206-1268 Looking southeast at north end and west facade. Looking northeast at south end and west facade. Looking east at main entrance on west facade. Looking northwest along south elevation. 34 North Fourth Street Columbus, OH 43215 Lobby, first floor, looking east. Ballroom (Room 1), looking northwest from mezzanine. Kitchen, first floor, looking northeast. Room 6, 2nd floor, looking west. Page Description LOG National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Masonic Temple (8-86) CMB ApprovalNo 1024-0018 Negatives at Benjamin D. Rickey & Co.

Looking south at recessed north wall, northwest corner of building. For the following interior photos: Photos by Columbus State University* Main stairs, first floor, looking south. Northeast corner of lobby, first floor, looking north into Ballroom. Dining room, first floor, looking northwest. For all photos: Photos by Jeffrey Darbee, fall, 1996. Negatives at Columbus Athenaeum Looking southwest along north end. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Photo # Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Section number Room 5, 2nd floor, looking east. Small Auditorium (Room 18), 3rd floor, looking east. Small Auditorium (Room 18), 3rd floor, looking northeast from balcony. Room 16, 3rd floor, detail of painted finish in northeast corner. Priory (Room 17), 3rd floor, looking east. Large Auditorium (Room 11), 3rd floor, looking east. Daniel Lee Bausch Susan S. Salt Amy N.

Shoemaker Carol D. Gilbert Jane Evans Sheila M. Hundley Darcie S. Rhodeback Page * Columbus State student photographers: Description LOG level.

Dan Schundelmier Continuation Sheet Norm Clevenger Masonic Temple National Register of Historic Places (8-86) Tanushree Dutta Amie Marie Fagan Shawn Strumill Large Auditorium (Room 1l),looking northeast from raked seats,4th floor NPS Form 10.900 a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: 227/97OATE DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : TELEPHONE PROPERTY MULTIPLE DATE REJECT 3/16/97 1/30/97 RETURN DISCIPLINE REVIEWER Entered in the RECOM./CRITERIA PDIL: OTHER: Masonic Temple NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE RECEIVED: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: Netional Register DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: N SLR DRAFT: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Franklin REFERENCE NUMBER: 97000201 NATIONAL: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: PHOTO #1 MASONIC TEMPLE MAJONIC TEmpLE COLUMBUS, FRANKLN CO., OH PNOTO #3 PHOTO #4 MASOMe TEMPLE PNOTO #7 CoLUmBU, FRAMKHN CO., OH MASOMC TEMPLE MASONIC TEMPLb COLUMBUS, FRAMLAN CO., ON PNOTO #9 PNOTO #l1 MJOMC TEMPLE COLUMBUS, FRANKLN CO., OH PHOTo #13 MASONIC TEmPLE PHOTO #IS MAJOML TeMPLe MASONIC TEMPLE COLUMBUS, FMANKHN CO.OH MAJOMC TEMPLE COLUMBUS, FrAMKLN Co., OH OHIO-FRANKLIN CO MASONIC TEMPLE SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS, OH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES UTM REFERENCE COLUMEUS, FRANKLIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PORTCOLUMBUS Mayor Gregory S.

Lashutka FAX 614/645-8955 December 2, 1996 Barbara A. Powers Planning, Inventory & Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 E. Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 On behalf of the city of Columbus I am pleased to inform you that the Historic Resources Commission has reviewed the nomination for the Masonic Temple, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio and has endorsed its designation to the National Register of Historic Places. worthy of national recognition. C: Diane Cole The City of Columbus is an Equal Opportunity Employer Mayor Sincerely, Office of the Mayor Ms. Powers: Gregory S.

Lashutka Department Head City of Columbus City Hall Golumabus, Ohio 43215-901 S14/645-7671 This building is historically and architecturally significant to the city of Columbus and is Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Fax: 297-2496 JAN 3 0 1997 SINCE 1885 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration P. O. Box 37127 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 NEW SUBMISSION If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. Amos J. Loveday, Jr. State Historic Preservation Officer Sandusky 614/297-2470 Tuscarawas COUNTY Hocking SOCIETY Sincerely, Residence HISTORICAL Masonic Temple RECEIVED 2280 Zoarville Bridge St.John's Catholic Church Complex procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Dear Ms.

Shull: National Register of Historic Places Franklin Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification January 28, 1997 OHIO