User:Blueboar/drafts - Masonic buildings by use

Category I - Originally built for Masonic use - still used as such

 * 1) Helion Lodge (Huntsville, Alabama)
 * 2) Masonic Temple (Yuma, Arizona)
 * 3) Chester Masonic Lodge and Community Building (Chester, Arkansas)
 * 4) Masonic Temple (El Dorado, Arkansas)
 * 5) Fort Smith Masonic Temple (Fort Smith, Arkasas)
 * 6) Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge No. 18 (Lisbon, Arkansas)
 * 7) Masonic Temple (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
 * 8) Masonic Temple and Lodge (Alameda, California)
 * 9) Old Masonic Hall (Benicia, California)
 * 10) Scottish Rite Cathedral (Long Beach, California)
 * 11) Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, California)
 * 12) Masonic Hall (Mendocino, California)
 * 13) Scottish Rite Cathedral (Pasadena, California)
 * 14) Sacramento Masonic Temple
 * 15) Scottish Rite Masonic Center (San Francisco, California)
 * 16) Masonic Center (San Francisco)
 * 17) Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55 (Suisun, California)
 * 18) Wheatland Masonic Temple (Wheatland, California)
 * 19) Woodbridge Masonic Lodge No. 131 (Woodbridge, California)
 * 20) Colorado Consistory No. 1 (Denver, Colorado)
 * 21) Masonic Temple Building (Denver, Colorado)
 * 22) Greeley Masonic Temple (Greeley, Colorado)
 * 23) Masonic Hall and Grand Theater (Wilmington, Delaware)
 * 24) Masonic Temple (Gainesville, Florida)
 * 25) Masonic Temple (Jacksonville, Florida)
 * 26) Masonic Temple No. 25 (Tampa, Florida)
 * 27) Chickamauga Lodge No. 221, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliate (Chickamaugua, Georgia) - question: is it NRHP listed or not?

Category II - Originally built for Masonic use - Sold - Converted to non-Masonic use

 * 1) West End Masonic Temple (Birmingham, Alabama) - sold and converted to office space (note - building no longer exists)
 * 2) Scottish Rite Temple (Mobile, Alabama) - sold and turned into The Temple Downtown restaurant.
 * 3) Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building (Selma, Alabama) - originally a Masonic school - sold and turned into a local history museum
 * 4) Polly Rosenbaum Building (Phoenix, Arizona) -  sold and converted into State museum
 * 5) Masonic Temple, Prescott, Arizona - according to GLAZ webpage, no lodge currently meets in the building
 * 6) Masonic Temple (Kingman, Arizona) - sold and converted to rental office space
 * 7) Masonic Hall (Wickenburg, Arizona) - sold and converted to use as as retail space (Montgomery Ward)
 * 8) Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge (Booneville, Arkansas) - (originally joint occupancy with bank) - lodge rooms sold and converted to rental office space
 * 9) Bradford City Hall-Byers Masonic Lodge (Bradford, Arkansas) - (originally constructed to be joint occupancy with city hall) - lodge has shut down, entire space now used by city hall.
 * 10) Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Hall - (originally jointly occupied with Church) - Lodge has moved out - now just a Church.
 * 11) Russellville Masonic Temple (Russellville, Arkansas) - Built as a Masonic Temple with the first floor rented to the city for use as the city Hall. In 1943 the city bought the building, paid off the mortgage and rented the second floor to the Masons. As of 2001, the Masons were preparing to vacate the second floor.
 * 12) Masonic Temple (Berkeley, California) - sold to University of California and used as staff office space
 * 13) Masonic Temple (Fullerton, California) - sold and converted into a banqueting venue.
 * 14) Masonic Temple (Long Beach, California) - sold and converted into office space (note: there is another historic Masonic Temple in Long Beach - around the corner from this one... also sold and converted into lofts)
 * 15) Highland Park Masonic Temple (Highland Park, California) - Sold in 1983 - converted to banqueting facility in 1990
 * 16) Hollywood Masonic Temple (Hollywood, California) - sold in 1982 - became an opera house, a theater, a dance hall, and is now owned by Disney as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre
 * 17) Masonic Temple (New Britain, Connecticut) - Sold in 1940 and converted into a Jewish synagogue
 * 18) Westville Masonic Temple (New Haven Connecticut) - Sold in 2005 and is now a Scientology church
 * 19) Masonic Temple of Citrus Lodge No. 118, F. and A.M. - Masons vacated in 1965 - now used as retail and non-masonic office space.
 * 20) Columbian Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted Masons sold by the Masons in 1940 and converted into office/retail space - now known as the "Flowers Building"

Category III - Originally built for non-Masonic use - subsequently purchased by Freemasons - currently use is Masonic

 * 1) Masonic Temple (Fairbanks, Alaska) - originally a store
 * 2) Crane Hill Masonic Lodge (Crane Hill, Alabama) - Originally a Church, then a school
 * 3) Hornitos Masonic Hall No. 98 (Hornitos, California) - constructed in 1855, used as store, tailor shop and saloon until purchased by the Masons in 1873.

Category IV - Originally built for non-Masonic use - subsequently purchased/used by Freemasons - then sold - current use is non-masonic

 * 1) Hampton Masonic Lodge Building (Hampton, Arkansas) - building orignally built as commercial space, but lodge was an original tenant.  Lodge has since moved out.
 * 2) Shrine Building (Miami, Florida) - AKA "Boulevard Shops building"... built to be shops - second floor was rented by Mahi Shrine from 1930-1943 - shriners moved out

Category V - Questions as to origins/current use

 * 1) Yell Masonic Lodge Hall (Carrollton, Arkansas) - Questions: constructed as Masonic hall or a Church? (NRHP lists it as being used as both, but no indication of what order)... according to ARSoc, there is/was a Yell Lodge #64 (defunct?) that met there... when did it move in/out of the building? what is current status of building?
 * 2) Knob School-Masonic Lodge (Knob, Arkansas) - based on name this was a shared building - unknown when masons were involved or if they still are.
 * 3) Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Los Angeles, California) - address does not match current PH Lodges in LA, unknown if the building is still connected to PH
 * 4) Masonic Temple (Riverside, California) - not sure when sold, but now owned by county.
 * 5) Highlands Masonic Lodge (Denver, Colorado) - current use is unknown - lodge occupied the building from 1905-1928 when it moved out to another (larger) building.
 * 6) Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine (Denver, Colorado) - shrine moved to new location - sold building to Rocky Mountain Consistory (Scottish Rite) - Rocky Mountain subsequently merged with Consistory No. 1 and moved into that building - current use of building unknown.
 * 7) Montrose Masonic Temple, Lodge No. 63 (Montrose, Colorado) - the lodge is now at another address... not sure of current building usage

Idaho
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.

Maryland
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Baltimore

Massachusetts
Masonic Temple : Now known as "Prospect Park" Shrewsbury,MA

Nebraska
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.

Nevada
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.

New Mexico
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.

Pennsylvania
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked.

Utah
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked

Wyoming
No former Masonic buildings are landmarked