{"nrhp_refnum":"01000894","name":"Cleveland Masonic Temple","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3615 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.503625287000034,"lon":-81.66219937999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-08-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A masonry Masonic auditorium and lodge complex at 3615 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in stages from 1918 to 1948 and designed by Hubbell & Benes, Architects.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its role in the history of fraternal organizations and family life in Cleveland, as a central meeting place for the city's Masons. Under Criterion C it represents the work of Hubbell and Benes and a modernistic interpretation of Romanesque style with distinctive brickwork and monumental arches.","narrative":"Occupying the east side of East 36th Street between Euclid and Chester avenues in Cleveland, this L-shaped masonry complex combines a 2,200-seat auditorium with a lodge building. It was built in three stages: the auditorium in 1918, the lodge portion in 1920, and a sandstone-faced entry vestibule in 1948. The fireproof structure has a reinforced concrete frame and brick exterior with soldier-course belt bands, round arches and limestone capitals. Inside are a banquet room, six original lodge rooms, a pipe organ and marble-finished lobbies. Hubbell & Benes designed it as a modernistic take on Romanesque style. It was listed for its place in the history of Cleveland's fraternal organizations, as the central gathering place for the city's Masons, and for its architecture. The auditorium has hosted degrees, concerts, boxing matches, graduations and Cleveland Orchestra recordings, and the building continues to house Masonic and performing arts tenants.","period_of_significance":"1918 - 1950","architect_builder":"Hubbell & Benes, Architects","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th American Movements (described as a modernistic interpretation of Romanesque)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a Masonic meeting hall, auditorium and theater, with business tenants; renovated in 1998.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.181131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000894.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000894/d610eb1889-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000894/d610eb1889-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Christopher Busta-Peck","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_Masonic_Temple.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Busta-Peck</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 1.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_Masonic_Temple.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006160","name":"Midtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/midtown-historic-district-100006160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987941","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Masonic_Temple","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5132185"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cleveland-masonic-temple-01000894/"}