The former Masonic Temple at 1-5 Church Street at Pearl Street in
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 44,743. It ...
was built in 1897-98 to be the state headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, Free and Accepted Masons. It was designed by John McArthur Harris of the noted Philadelphia firm of
Wilson Bros. & Company in the
Richardson Romanesque style.
The building features a steep slate pyramid roof intersected in the middle of each side by a
gable. The Pearl Street side of the building is notable for the staggered windows which provide light to one of the buildings staircases. Its upper floors were used for meetings of Masonic lodges and appendant orders, while the lower floors were used for retail and office purposes.
Today it is part of the
Church Street Marketplace and is used exclusively as retail space and offices. The last Masonic Lodge in Burlington was Burlington Lodge No. 100 which met at the Oddfellows Hall on North Avenue. In June, 2016, Burlington Lodge #100 consolidated with Washington Lodge #3. Washington Lodge, which was one of the Lodges that also met in this building, now meets in Williston at the Green Mountain Masonic Center.
The Masonic Temple building is one of three
contributing properties in the Head of Church Street Historic District, along with the
Unitarian Church and the Richardson Building. The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1974.
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Masonic buildings completed in 1897
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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Former Masonic buildings in Vermont
Historic district contributing properties in Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Burlington, Vermont