Madison Masonic Temple (Madison, South Dakota) Explained

Madison Masonic Temple
Location:229 N. Egan Ave., Madison, South Dakota
Coordinates:44.0069°N -97.1133°W
Built:1906
Architect:Joseph Schwarz, Sr.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:January 26, 1990
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:89002335

The Madison Masonic Temple in Madison, South Dakota is a building from 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was demolished in 2015 due to falling into disrepair.[1]

It has also been known as Evergreen Lodge No. 17 A.F. & A.M.. It is a two-story masonry Classical Revival-style building on a raised basement, with a portico incorporating Ionic columns. Doors and windows are topped by flat brick arches with terra cotta keystones. Terra cotta is also used in cornices and in plaques beside the building's portico. It has a shallow roof being a parapet.

Which of several Masonic groups were meeting was originally indicated by colored lamps upon a metal pole rising from the center of the parapet.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Jane Utecht (April 27, 2015). "Masons comes down"
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=89002335}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Madison Masonic Temple / Evergreen Lodge No. 17 A.F. & A.M. ]. National Park Service. Ben Zimmerman . John Rau . October 26, 1989 . December 29, 2017. With .