{"nrhp_refnum":"94001242","name":"Royse City Lodge No. 663 A.F. & A.M.","other_names":["Royse City City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 S. Arch St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Royse City","county":"Rockwall County","state":"TX","lat":32.975039938000066,"lon":-96.33083045399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Masonic lodge at 102 South Arch Street in the central business district of Royse City, Rockwall County, Texas, built in 1925 and designed by W.A. Kimzey with J.E. Harris as builder. It also serves as Royse City's city hall.","why_significant":"The building is the most substantial and intact property in Royse City's central business district and one of the few architect-designed buildings in the community. It shows Mission Revival influences, which are unusual locally. It also has a dual role: since 1936 the city has used the first floor as city hall, fire and police station, while the Masonic Lodge uses the second floor.","narrative":"Completed in 1925, this two-story brick building at 102 South Arch Street in Royse City was built for the local Masonic Lodge, which had met in various places since 1888. Architect W.A. Kimzey designed it with Mission Revival influences, including a large arched parapet with cast concrete coping and truncated corner towers with brick pilasters. J.E. Harris of Royse City built it. Financial trouble during the 1930s led the Lodge to lease the first floor to the city in 1936 for municipal offices and a fire and police station. In 1941 the city bought the first floor, and the Lodge kept the second. The building remains in shared use today as city hall and lodge meeting space. It is considered the most substantial and intact property in the town's business district, and one of few designed by a professional architect. Some alterations were made to the interior and exterior, but the original room layout and pressed tin ceilings survive.","period_of_significance":"1925-1944","architect_builder":"Kimzey, W.A. (architect); Harris, J.E. (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Mission Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use for community activities and city government; the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star hold monthly activities on the second floor and the city uses the rest of the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.859721-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/9732/40973278/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94001242.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001242/2670605e23-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001242/2670605e23-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Hopper","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royse_City_Lodge_No._663_A.F..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">John Hopper</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:Royse_City_Lodge_No._663_A.F..JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973278","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royse_City_Lodge_No._663_A.F._%26_A.M.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54871532"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/rockwall-county/royse-city-lodge-no-663-a-f-and-a-m-94001242/"}