Madison Masonic Temple (Madison, South Dakota)

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Madison Masonic Temple
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Location229 N. Egan Ave., Madison, South Dakota
Coordinates 44°0′25″N97°6′48″W / 44.00694°N 97.11333°W / 44.00694; -97.11333
Arealess than one acre
Built1906
ArchitectJoseph Schwarz, Sr.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 89002335 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 26, 1990

The Madison Masonic Temple in Madison, South Dakota is a building from 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] It was demolished in 2015 due to falling into disrepair. [2]

It has also been known as Evergreen Lodge No. 17 A.F. & A.M.. It is a two-story masonry Classical Revival-style building on a raised basement, with a portico incorporating Ionic columns. Doors and windows are topped by flat brick arches with terra cotta keystones. Terra cotta is also used in cornices and in plaques beside the building's portico. It has a shallow roof being a parapet. [3]

Which of several Masonic groups were meeting was originally indicated by colored lamps upon a metal pole rising from the center of the parapet. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Jane Utecht (April 27, 2015). "Masons comes down"
  3. 1 2 Ben Zimmerman; John Rau (October 26, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Madison Masonic Temple / Evergreen Lodge No. 17 A.F. & A.M." National Park Service . Retrieved December 29, 2017. With five photos from 1989.