The Madison Masonic Temple is a

masonic Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

temple located in

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

. Designed by Madison architects James R. and Edward J. Law in 1915 and redesigned after World War I in 1922, the temple was built during 1923 to 1925. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1990. It is a three-story building with four colossal columns in its front facade, with its three main entrances set back from them. It is in plan and has a large, 1200-plus seat auditorium in its rear section. With . The auditorium and other spaces are used by the public for rehearsals and performances.

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Madison Masonic Center
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Neoclassical architecture in Wisconsin Masonic buildings completed in 1923 Buildings and structures in Madison, Wisconsin Masonic buildings in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Madison, Wisconsin Music venues in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub