{"nrhp_refnum":"90000756","name":"Masonic Temple Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36--42 N. Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.94103007900003,"lon":-82.00669213299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick and stone Masonic temple at 36-42 North Fourth Street in downtown Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, completed in 1903 and designed by Chicago architects Oscar Cobb & Son.","why_significant":"The building is significant under Criterion A as the sixth and latest home of Zanesville's Masonic lodges, which date to 1805 and played a social and humanitarian role in the community. It is significant under Criterion C for its Second Renaissance Revival exterior and its intact Egyptian Revival interior, especially the fourth and sixth floor lodge rooms.","narrative":"Rising six stories on North Fourth Street in downtown Zanesville, this Masonic temple was completed in June 1903 to house the city's Masonic orders, whose lodges date to 1805. Chicago architects Oscar Cobb & Son designed it, and Robert H. Evans & Company built it. The exterior follows a Second Renaissance Revival pattern: rock-faced stone on the lower two floors, brick above with arcaded and pedimented windows, and two-story stone porticos with paired Doric columns on the west and south faces. Inside, the fourth and sixth floor lodge rooms carry Egyptian Revival carving, including sphinxes, lotus-capped columns and pharaoh-like busts. Beyond Masonic use, the building housed government offices, shops and professional tenants, and the local Masons raised relief funds after the 1913 flood. Alterations, such as the removal of the cornice in 1979, have been modest, and the interior remains largely original.","period_of_significance":"1903","architect_builder":"Oscar Cobb & Son (architects); Robert H. Evans & Company (general contractor)","architectural_style":"Renaissance (Second Renaissance Revival); Other: Egyptian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Well maintained, with the original interior largely intact. The cornice was removed in 1979 and some copper panels were replaced with aluminum. About 45% of the office space was occupied when the form was written.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.161599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90000756.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000756/e04eb09100-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000756/e04eb09100-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Tristan Blatt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanesville_Masonic_Temple.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tristan Blatt</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanesville_Masonic_Temple.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990757","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_Temple_Building_(Zanesville,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6783789"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/masonic-temple-building-90000756/"}