Kansas City Masonic Temple | |
Location | 903 Harrison St., Kansas City, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 39°6′11″N 94°34′13″W / 39.10306°N 94.57028°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1909 |
Architect | Kuykendall, J.C. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Beaux Arts |
NRHP reference No. | 80002365 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1980 |
The Masonic Temple in Kansas City, Missouri is a Neo-Classical Architecture building in the Beaux-Arts architecture tradition. [2] Designed by J.C. Sunderland, [3] the Masonic Cornerstone was laid October 8, 1910 [4] and the building held a public dedication ceremony on September 30, 1911. [3]
Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman danced [5] in the 6,600 square foot [6] Tiffany Ballroom which prominently features plaster columns and an impressive Tiffany glass window array. [2]
The Kansas City Masonic Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 [1] and as a film location with the Missouri Film Commission in 2013. [7] A restoration project was launched in 2017 to restore and preserve the building [8] for future generations.