Royal Arch Masonic Lodge Explained

Royal Arch Masonic Lodge
Location:311 W. 7th St., Austin, Texas
Coordinates:30.2711°N -97.7453°W
Built:1926
Architect:Davies, J.B.; Ketchum, William E.
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:April 28, 2005
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:05000362

The Royal Arch Masonic Lodge in Austin, Texas is a three-story beige brick Masonic building that was built in Beaux Arts style in 1926. It was designed by Texas architects J. B. Davies and William E. Ketchum. It was listed as a historic landmark by the city of Austin in 2000, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

It was still in use as a meeting place in 2005 and was deemed significant "for its long and continued use as a Masonic Lodge in Austin" and "for its architecture as a good representation of an early twentieth-century Beaux-Arts fraternal building."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Royal Arch Masonic Lodge . National Archives . Christie M. King and Larmie Ethridge Kittrell . August 2004 .