{"nrhp_refnum":"89002268","name":"Highland Park Masonic Temple","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"104 N. Avenue 56","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.10900835600006,"lon":-118.19449665999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick mixed-use commercial and lodge building at 104 North Avenue 56 in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, California, designed by architect Elmore R. Jeffrey; cornerstone laid in 1922 and first meeting held in 1923.","why_significant":"It is significant in social history under Criterion A as the first permanent home of Masonic Lodge #382, one of Highland Park's influential civic organizations. It is also significant under Criterion C as a very good example of a mixed-use commercial building in Mediterranean/Spanish Revival style, one of a small number of brick-faced institutional buildings in the district.","narrative":"At the southwest corner of Figueroa Street and Avenue 56 in Highland Park, this two-story brick building combines street-level shops with a second-floor lodge room and dining hall. Architect Elmore R. Jeffrey, himself a member of the lodge, designed it in a Mediterranean/Spanish Revival style. Features include a five-arch second-story colonnade with twisted columns, a tile overhang on corbels, a frieze of Masonic symbols and an ornate pediment at the Avenue 56 entrance. Masonic Lodge #382 formed in 1906, bought the site in 1919, laid the cornerstone in December 1922 and held its first meeting in the building in July 1923. Other fraternal and youth groups also met there. The building is considered important for its role in the community's civic life and as one of few surviving brick-faced commercial and institutional buildings in the business district. The period of significance ends in 1939. Storefronts were altered in 1935 and 1955, and a 1988 rehabilitation restored the transoms.","period_of_significance":"1922-1939","architect_builder":"Jeffrey, Elmore Robinson","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century Revivals: Spanish Revival, Mediterranean Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1988 as a certified rehabilitation; storefronts, offices and meeting spaces are in use, and the building is still used for social gatherings and community meetings. The Masons sold it in 1982.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.974865-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/89002268.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002268/b50fd5edb5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002268/b50fd5edb5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_Masonic_Temple,_Los_Angeles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highland_Park_Masonic_Temple,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_Masonic_Temple","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5759005"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/highland-park-masonic-temple-89002268/"}