National Register Record for SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE

Historic Name: SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 900 EAST OKLAHOMA
City: GUTHRIE            County: LOGAN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE IS ARCHITECTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF LARGE SCALE, NEOCLASSICAL REVIVAL STYLE IN OKLAHOMA AND BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE MASONIC FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION IN OKLAHOMA. THE SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE CONSISTS OF A TWO-BUILDING COMPLEX, THE TEMPLE BUILDING AND THE EAST ANNEX, JOINED BY AN ENCLOSED ACCESS HALL. THE EAST ANNEX WAS BUILT IN 1908 AND WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS CONVENTION HALL. IT IS A TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDING WITH TWO WINGS AND A CENTRAL ATRIUM. THE TEMPLE BUILDING TO THE WEST OF THE ANNEX WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1920 AND 1929. THIS NEOCLASSICAL PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED OF INDIANA LIMESTONE OVER A STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMEWORK. THE MAIN FACADE FEATURES LARGE DORIC COLUMNS THAT SUPPORT A FLAT-ROOFED PORTICO. THE TWO BUILDINGS ARE CONNECTED BY A SINGLE-STORY ENCLOSED WALKWAY CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK AND STONE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 4/9/1987.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SOCIAL: MEETING HALL
Current Function: SOCIAL: MEETING HALL
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Architect: HAWK AND PARR - ARCHITECTS; JAMES STEWART CONSTRUCTION - BUILDER
Year Built: 1908-1929            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: OCTOBER 1985