Scottish Rite Cathedral (Galveston, Texas)
Appearance
Scottish Rite Cathedral | |
Location | 2128 Church St., Galveston, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°18′14″N 94°47′30″W / 29.30389°N 94.79167°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | A.C. Finn |
MPS | Central Business District MRACentral Business District MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84001724[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 14, 1984 |
Scottish Rite Cathedral is a historic Scottish Rite Masonic building at 2128 Church Street in Galveston, Texas.
History
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Beasley and Fox (1996), pp. 48−49.
Bibliography
[edit]- Beasley, Ellen; Fox, Stephen (1996). Galveston Architectural Guidebook. Houston: Rice University Press. ISBN 0-89263-345-X.
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