Madison Masonic Temple (Madison, South Dakota)

The Madison Masonic Temple in Madison, South Dakota is a building from 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1] It was demolished in 2015 due to falling into disrepair.[2]

Madison Masonic Temple
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	229 N. Egan Ave., Madison, South Dakota
Coordinates	44°0′25″N 97°6′48″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
Architect	Joseph Schwarz, Sr.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	89002335[1]
Added to NRHP	January 26, 1990

It has also been known as Evergreen Lodge No. 17 A.F. & A.M.. It is a two-story masonry Classical Revival-style building on a raised basement, with a portico incorporating Ionic columns. Doors and windows are topped by flat brick arches with terra cotta keystones. Terra cotta is also used in cornices and in plaques beside the building's portico. It has a shallow roof being a parapet.[3]

Which of several Masonic groups were meeting was originally indicated by colored lamps upon a metal pole rising from the center of the parapet.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Jane Utecht (April 27, 2015). "Masons comes down"
3. Ben Zimmerman; John Rau (October 26, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Madison Masonic Temple / Evergreen Lodge No. 17 A.F. & A.M." National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2017. With five photos from 1989.