The former Masonic Temple at 1-5 Church Street at Pearl Street in

Burlington, Vermont Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is the List of municipalities in Vermont, most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat, seat of Chittenden County, Vermont, Chittenden County. It is located south of the Can ...

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 Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesq ...

style. The building features a steep slate pyramid roof intersected in the middle of each side by a

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

. 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 The Church Street Marketplace is an uncovered outdoor pedestrian shopping and dining mall in Burlington, Vermont, consisting of the four blocks of Church Street between Main and Pearl Streets. The mall was initially conceived in 1958 and was ...

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

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in the Head of Church Street Historic District, along with the Unitarian Church and the Richardson Building. The district was added to the

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on July 15, 1974.Church Street Market Place download page for Downtown Walking Tour

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* {{NRHP in Chittenden County, Vermont Masonic buildings completed in 1897 Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Masonic buildings in Vermont Historic district contributing properties in Vermont National Register of Historic Places in Burlington, Vermont Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Vermont 1897 establishments in Vermont