Masonic Temple (Yuma, Arizona)

Masonic Temple
Location 153 S. 2nd Ave., Yuma, Arizona
Coordinates 32°43′29″N 114°37′18″W / 32.72472°N 114.62167°W / 32.72472; -114.62167Coordinates: 32°43′29″N 114°37′18″W / 32.72472°N 114.62167°W / 32.72472; -114.62167
Area 0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built 1931
Architect Edward Gray Taylor; Ellis Wing Taylor
Architectural style Art Deco Streamline Moderne
MPS Yuma MRA
NRHP Reference # 84000752[1]
Added to NRHP April 12, 1984

The Masonic Temple in Yuma, Arizona was built in 1931 in the late Art Deco style of Moderne. It was designed by Los Angeles-based architects Edward Gray Taylor and Ellis Wing Taylor.[2] In 1933, at the depth of the Great Depression, the Masonic lodge lost all its funds in a bank closure. On November 16, 1933, the building's ownership was turned over to the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company "in satisfaction of a $16,900 realty mortgage." It was later rented back to the Masonic chapter and on May 10, 1940, ownership was restored.[2]

It is significant as one of few major Modernist Art Deco Style buildings surviving in Yuma.[2] It was given a "substantive review" indicating historical merit in the Yuma Multiple Resource Area MPS of 1979.[3] The Masonic Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Yuma Masonic Temple: History". Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Bi11y G. Garrett (1979). "Yuma Multiple Resource Area" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-27.


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