Masonic Temple - Fort Worth, Texas
Posted by: txoilgas
N 32° 44.835 W 097° 20.282
14S E 655704 N 3624489
The Masonic Temple is still in use today and the looks have not changed, just the traffic.
Waymark Code: WM5V9E
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2009
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Fort Worth - Points of Interest
4. The MASONIC TEMPLE (open 1-4 Tues., Wed., Thurs.), 1101 S. Henderson St., is of neoclassic design, built of Indiana limestone,
with the interior of travertine marble. W. G. Clarkson and Company
were the architects. The building is on the crest of a rolling hill, its
central unit of seven stories flanked by two-story wings. The central
portals of polished steel form a triptych, each panel bearing the etched
figure of an ancient Master of Masonry.
TEXAS - A GUIDE TO THE LONE STAR STATE, 1940 p 263
This Masonic temple, designed by Wiley G. Clarkson sits on a dominant hillside on the southwest end of Downtown Fort Worth. Although the temple is of the Classical Moderne Phase of the Art Deco era, it shows elements of other architectural styles. A grand exterior staircase extends from Henderson Street up to the front door. The building shape itself is a ziggurat form with the top of the ziggurat becoming a greek temple with a flat roof. The columns on this upper portion of the temple are of the ionic order, yet the plan of the building is in the Beaux Arts style. The exterior material is Indiana Limestone. The interior of the temple has remained virtually unchanged over the years. Harry B. Friedman was the General Contractor.