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Scottish Rite Temple (Guthrie, Oklahoma)

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Built
  
1919

Opened
  
1919

Phone
  
+1 405-282-1281

Architecture firm
  
Hawk & Parr

NRHP Reference #
  
87000503

Area
  
4 ha

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Added to NRHP
  
9 April 1987

Scottish Rite Temple (Guthrie, Oklahoma)

Location
  
900 E. Oklahoma, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Address
  
900 E Oklahoma Ave, Guthrie, OK 73044, USA

Similar
  
House of the Temple, McAlester Scottish Rite Tem, Carnegie Library, Oklahoma Territorial Museum, Scottish Rite Cathedral

The Scottish Rite Temple in Guthrie, Oklahoma is a Masonic temple that serves as the home of the Scottish Rite in the Guthrie Valley, Oklahoma Orient, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A.

It is "one of the world's largest Masonic Centers".

The building was designed by architects Parr & Hawk and built in 1919 in Classical Revival style. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the NRHP nom:

The Scottish Rite Temple of Guthrie is architecturally and historically significant because it is one of the best examples of large scale, Neo-Classical Revival style in Oklahoma; it is the largest, most elaborately designed and constructed Masonic Temple in the state; and because of its importance historically to the Masonic fraternal organization in Oklahoma.

Also "it has been recognized as the center of state-level Masonic activities since 1923, when first used even before completion. It is ... the site of the Mason's statewide functions...."

It is located at 900 E. Oklahoma in Guthrie.

There is a museum, the Guthrie Scottish Rite Museum, there.

References

Scottish Rite Temple (Guthrie, Oklahoma) Wikipedia