Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Masonic Temple (Fairmont, West Virginia)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Built
  
1906

Opened
  
1906

Architectural style
  
Beaux-Arts architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
93000218

Area
  
3,642 m²

Added to NRHP
  
9 April 1993

Masonic Temple (Fairmont, West Virginia)

Location
  
320 Jefferson St., Fairmont, West Virginia

Similar
  
Prickett's Fort State Park, Robert H Mollohan‑Jefferson Street Bri, Fairmont Railroad Bridge, Monongahela River

The Masonic Temple is a historic building located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. It was designed by the Baltimore architectural firm Baldwin & Pennington, built in 1906-1907, and is a large, five-story, three bay mixed use commercial building with a mezzanine, a balcony, a partial sixth floor and a full basement. It measures 55 feet wide, 109 feet deep, and 90 feet high. The buildings has a steel and reinforced concrete structure and is faced in beige brick with extensive terra cotta detailing. The building was commissioned by Fairmont Lodge No. 9 (which no longer meets in the building), and is in the Beaux-Arts style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

References

Masonic Temple (Fairmont, West Virginia) Wikipedia