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Masonic Temple Building (Shelby, North Carolina)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
J. P. Little and Son

Added to NRHP
  
15 July 1982

Built
  
1924-1925

NRHP Reference #
  
82003446

Masonic Temple Building (Shelby, North Carolina)

Location
  
203 S. Washington St., Shelby, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Exotic Revival, Egyptian Revival

The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Lodge and office building located at Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924-1925, and is a four-story, rectangular, brushed brick building. It is in the Egyptian Revival style with massive concrete lintels at the first story, robust lotiform pillars at the building's principal entrance, and a richly ornamented cornice frieze. It was commissioned by the Cleveland Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina. Today, no Masonic lodges meet in the building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Central Shelby Historic District.

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Masonic Temple Building (Shelby, North Carolina) Wikipedia