Talk:List of Masonic buildings in the United States

review of commons categories
Another way to identify notable masonic buildings is to cross-check this list vs. the by-state categories at Commons such as, which yielded Dale Masonic Lodge and a couple more. Assess probable notability by visual inspection for architecture, and usage of HABS photos, other indications of sources. Not done with Alabama necessarily. --Doncram (talk) 17:29, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it looks like lots and lots could be added this way. I just browsed in Washington state's category and found and added Green Lake Masonic Lodge, built 1921-24 designed by Bebb and Gould, info found at PCAD page for the building.  Add also:


 * Masonic Lodge (Tenino, Washington) looks historic and notable (see pic).
 * Added Tenino one to this list, after determining it is contributing in Tenino Downtown Historic District, after obtaining its NRHP doc from NARA.--Doncram (talk) 04:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Masonic Retirement Center, Des Moines, Washington, (see pic). Covered in PCAD, here.
 * Just search on "Masonic" in PCAD to see numerous more, including:


 * Masonic Building or Masonic Lodge in Port Townsend, Washington (no pic in PCAD, but built 1931-32), : designed by Stimson and McDonald.
 * --Doncram (talk) 07:23, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * There's more to do here. --Doncram (talk) 02:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Yep, barely browsed in Colorado's commons category, found photo of Masonic Temple in Trinidad, Colorado, determined it is in a historic district, and added that to this list-article. Lots more to do. --Doncram (talk) 05:10, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

independent(?) fraternal lodges of African-Americans
Seashore Farmers' Lodge No. 767 is not a Masonic group, seems independent as far as I can tell. I have seen other fraternal lodges like this, of African-Americans. How could these be categorized, where could they be list-articled? I guess they could be added to List of African-American historic places, but that list-article covers quite different types of places. There is Category:Ethnic fraternal orders in the United States, but this seems like a singleton, not part of a larger order. --Doncram (talk) 22:04, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * There's more to do here. --Doncram (talk) 02:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

finding NRHP-listed and other ones by "Temple" in name
As with use of "Lodge" in finding NRHP-listed Masonic buildings, managed at now-archived Talk:List of Masonic buildings in the United States/Archive 1, could searching NRIS by use of "Temple" but not "Masonic" work to find more. I just came across, and added, Lambskin Temple (its NRIS name) in St. Louis.

How can this be searched for? NRHP infobox generator toolkit allows for positive searches but I think not refined by "not" clauses. The ambiguous search tool doesn't allow restriction to a state. Can do the infobox generator search by state, one by one, i suppose (e.g. apply infobox generator for "temple" in Missouri). It would be nice to distinguish vs. synagogues and some other usages of "temple" in the searching too.

Again I presume all usages of "Masonic" in NRHP listings through 2013 have been added already. --Doncram (talk,contribs) 17:00, 23 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Checked NRHP generator output for: Missouri, Wisconsin. --Doncram (talk,contribs) 19:01, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

cross-checking "by state" categories vs. list
Cross-checking is adding to both... Have done: Missouri, Nebraska

--Doncram (talk,contribs) 19:01, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Seating Capacity?
Has anyone brought up the idea of adding a column for Seating Capacity as a part of the list of temples? doc (talk) 15:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)