Scottish Rite Temple (Mobile, Alabama)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scottish Rite Temple
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Scottish Rite Temple from the corner of N. Claiborne and St. Francis Streets.
Location:	351 St. Francis Street Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates:	30°41′28.51″N 88°2′46.07″W / 30.6912528, -88.0461306Coordinates: 30°41′28.51″N 88°2′46.07″W / 30.6912528, -88.0461306
Built/Founded:	1921
Architect:	Rogers, George B.
Architectural style(s):	Egyptian Revival
Added to NRHP:	January 05, 1984^[1]
NRHP Reference#:	84000694^[1]
Governing body:	Private

The Scottish Rite Temple is a historic building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was completed in 1921 to serve as the meeting place for the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. The building was designed by George Bigelow Rogers, a local Mobile architect who also designed the Bellingrath Home and the Mobile Public Library. The Scottish Rite Temple is the only intact example of the Egyptian Revival style that remains in the city.^[2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 05, 1984.^[1]

The building features several forms seen in Ancient Egyptian architecture. The building itself is in the form of an Egyptian pylon. The monumental entrance is flanked by a pair of sphinxes, by the sculptor Allen W. Barr.^[3] The roof is surmounted by two partial obelisks that originally functioned as chimneys.

[edit] See also

List of Registered Historic Places in Mobile County, Alabama

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-03-07).
^ "Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour". "Main Street Mobile". Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
^ "Art Inventories Catalog". "Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". Retrieved on 2008-03-07.

v • d • e U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Keeper of the Register · History of the National Register of Historic Places · Property types · Historic district · Contributing property

List of entries National Park Service · National Historic Landmarks · National Battlefields · National Historic Sites · National Historical Parks · National Memorials · National Monuments