Temple for the Performing Arts (Masonic Temple)
1011 Locust Street
Completed in 1912 NRHP1997
Designed by Proudfoot Bird & Rawson
Voted 1 of the top 50 buildings of the twentieth century
2000 restoration and renovation by Shiffler and Associates
Cornice is made of painted copper
Commissioned by the local Masons and constructed for $190,000 ($4.6 million in 2012 $’s) Renovated in the fall of 2000 for a cost of $7.5 Million ($10.1 million in 2012 $’s)
Structure was designed to hold five more stories
Contains two 4000 sq. ft. ballrooms
Rental space on 1st and 2nd floors was important to the fraternal order of Masons to pay for building.
New canopy was added at the Temple for the Performing Arts.
Designed by Substance Architecture, 2007 in collaboration with Architectural Wall Systems
AIA Merit award winning design
Provides protection for an outdoor restaurant seating area and “pocket park”
Designed with respect to the new public library (glass panels, modernist)