{"nrhp_refnum":"83003305","name":"Masonic Temple","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101-107 W. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54617558000007,"lon":-77.44342242399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick and brownstone Romanesque-style Masonic temple at 101-107 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, at the corner of Adams and Broad Streets. It was built 1888-1893 to designs by Baltimore architect Jackson C. Gott.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Virginia's largest and most impressive example of American Romanesque, in the manner of H. H. Richardson. It was the largest building erected by Virginia's Masons in the 19th century. It combined a department store, public rooms and Masonic lodge rooms, and hosted a 1905 banquet for Theodore Roosevelt.","narrative":"Rising five stories at the corner of Adams and Broad Streets in Richmond, this brick and brownstone building was designed by Baltimore architect Jackson C. Gott and constructed between 1888 and 1893. Virginia's Masons built it as a mixed-use structure: a department store occupied the first floor, public rooms the second and third, and Masonic lodge rooms the top two floors. Its Richardson Romanesque design expresses these functions through arcaded tiers, string courses and varied window sizes. The structure combines iron columns, steel girders and wooden joists. The nomination describes it as the largest and most impressive example of the style in Virginia and the largest building the state's Masons erected in the 19th century. It hosted balls, concerts and banquets, including a 1905 dinner for President Theodore Roosevelt. The Masons left in 1971-72, and the Richmond Foundation for the Arts acquired it in 1982 for use as an art center. The exterior remains well preserved, though interiors have been redecorated.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Jackson C. Gott FAIA","architectural_style":"Richardson Romanesque (American Romanesque)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacated by the Masons in 1971-72 and little used afterward; acquired in 1982 by the Richmond Foundation for the Arts for conversion to an art center. Form marks it unoccupied. Exterior exceptionally well preserved; interior rooms redecorated.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.824837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6831/41683163/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83003305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003305/2c751e67a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003305/2c751e67a6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonic_Temple,_Richmond,_Virginia.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonic_Temple,_Richmond,_Virginia.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000924","name":"Grace Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/grace-street-commercial-historic-district-boundary-increase-09000924/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683163","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_Temple_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6783756"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/masonic-temple-83003305/"}