Watertown Masonic Temple

Watertown Masonic Temple

Watertown Masonic Temple, November 2009
Location 240 Washington St., Watertown, New York
Coordinates 43°58′23″N 75°54′42″W / 43.97306°N 75.91167°W / 43.97306; -75.91167Coordinates: 43°58′23″N 75°54′42″W / 43.97306°N 75.91167°W / 43.97306; -75.91167
Area less than one acre
Built 1914
Architect Dewey, Charles E.; Caswell, Fred A.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 80002629[1]
Added to NRHP January 23, 1980

Watertown Masonic Temple is a historic building located in Watertown in Jefferson County, New York. It was constructed in 1914 as a meeting hall for a local Masonic lodge. and is a three story, Neoclassical style rectangular, masonry and steel structure. The front of the building features a large prostyle temple front with six columns in the Doric order supporting a triangular pediment.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980[1] In 2003, the Masonic Hall Association decided to sell the building, citing the cost of maintaining the structure, and declining membership for its decision.[3] No lodge currently meets in the building.

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