{"nrhp_refnum":"09001228","name":"Masonic Temple-Newport Lodge No. 445 F. & A.M.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7408 NY 28","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newport","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.185763215000065,"lon":-75.01255974899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story wood frame Masonic lodge building at 7408 Main Street (NYS Route 28) in the village of Newport, Herkimer County, New York, with a cornerstone dated 1902 and a later rear wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant as an intact example of a large fraternal headquarters in Classical Revival style in Newport. Its classical styling reflects the early twentieth-century move toward large civic and public architecture. It also stands out in a village known for limestone buildings as a public space built by a fraternal group, and it is tied to the history of the Masons in Newport.","narrative":"Located on the east side of Main Street (NYS Route 28) in Newport, Herkimer County, this Masonic temple is a two-and-a-half-story wood frame building with painted clapboard walls, a standing seam metal roof and a rough-faced limestone foundation. Its Classical Revival character shows in a two-tiered semi-circular entry porch with unfluted columns, a modillioned cornice, arched upper windows with keystones, and a Palladian window in the front gable. A marble cornerstone carries the date 1902 and the name of Grand Master Elbert Crandall, and another face records that the site was donated by Brother J.T. Wooster. Inside, the first floor holds a large banquet hall and kitchen, while the second floor has the Lodge Room with fluted pilasters and ceremonial dais. The building was listed as locally significant. It is presented as a representative, intact fraternal headquarters in a village known for limestone buildings, and as a public space tied to the Newport Lodge, whose history in the village dates to 1820.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"20th Century Revival: Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a Masonic hall, with a banquet space, kitchen and second-floor Lodge Room; the form lists both historic and current function as Masonic hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.547881-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09001228.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001228/945a7df48e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001228/945a7df48e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonic_Temple_%E2%80%94_Newport_Lodge_No._445_F._%26_A.M._Jul_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonic_Temple_%E2%80%94_Newport_Lodge_No._445_F._%26_A.M._Jul_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318162","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_Temple_%E2%80%94_Newport_Lodge_No._445_F._%26_A.M.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6783798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/masonic-temple-newport-lodge-no-445-f-and-a-m-09001228/"}