Scottish Rite Cathedral (Galveston, Texas)

Scottish Rite Cathedral
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Scottish Rite Cathedral in 2012
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Location	2128 Church St., Galveston, Texas
Coordinates	29°18′14″N 94°47′30″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928 (1928)
Architect	A.C. Finn
MPS	Central Business District MRACentral Business District MRA
NRHP reference No.	84001724[1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1984

Scottish Rite Cathedral is a historic Scottish Rite Masonic building at 2128 Church Street in Galveston, Texas.

History

The Scottish Rite Masons previously occupied Harmony Hall, a building designed by Nicholas J. Clayton for the Harmony Club. The Masons lost this building to a fire in 1928. The Masons hired the firm of Alfred C. Finn, who assigned H. Jordan MacKenzie to this commission. This art deco building clad in brick and stone faced its loggia toward Church Street and made window placements to suggest the internal arrangement of the building. The building is decorated with copper doors and stone relief sculptures.[2]

It was built in 1928 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Beasley and Fox (1996), pp. 48−49.

Bibliography

• Beasley, Ellen; Fox, Stephen (1996). Galveston Architectural Guidebook. Houston: Rice University Press. ISBN 0-89263-345-X.