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Scottish Rite Cathedral (Galveston, Texas)

Coordinates: 29°18′14″N 94°47′30″W / 29.30389°N 94.79167°W / 29.30389; -94.79167
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Scottish Rite Cathedral
Scottish Rite Cathedral in 2012
Scottish Rite Cathedral is located in Texas
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Scottish Rite Cathedral is located in the United States
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Location2128 Church St.,
Galveston, Texas
Coordinates29°18′14″N 94°47′30″W / 29.30389°N 94.79167°W / 29.30389; -94.79167
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
ArchitectA.C. Finn
MPSCentral Business District MRACentral Business District MRA
NRHP reference No.84001724[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1984

Scottish Rite Cathedral is a historic Scottish Rite Masonic building at 2128 Church Street in Galveston, Texas.

History

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The Scottish Rite Masons previously occupied Harmony Hall, a building designed by Nicholas J. Clayton for the Harmony Club. The Masons lost this building to a fire in 1928. The Masons hired the firm of Alfred C. Finn, who assigned H. Jordan MacKenzie to this commission. This art deco building clad in brick and stone faced its loggia toward Church Street and made window placements to suggest the internal arrangement of the building. The building is decorated with copper doors and stone relief sculptures.[2]

It was built in 1928 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Beasley and Fox (1996), pp. 48−49.

Bibliography

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  • Beasley, Ellen; Fox, Stephen (1996). Galveston Architectural Guidebook. Houston: Rice University Press. ISBN 0-89263-345-X.