Masonic Temple Building (Shelby, North Carolina)

{{short description|Historic building in North Carolina, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Masonic Temple Building

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| image = Masonic_Temple_Building_-_Shelby_NC.jpg

| caption = Masonic Temple Building, April 2011

| location = 201 S. Washington St., Shelby, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|16|54|N|81|32|18|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = 1924-1925

| builder = J. P. Little and Son

| architecture = Exotic Revival, Egyptian Revival

| added = July 15, 1982

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 82003446{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

File:Shelby Masonic Temple 2.jpg

The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Lodge and office building located at Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924–1925, and is a four-story, rectangular, brushed brick building. It is in the Egyptian Revival style with massive concrete lintels at the first story, robust lotiform pillars at the building's principal entrance, and a richly ornamented cornice frieze. It was commissioned by the Cleveland Lodge of the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons of North Carolina.{{Cite web |author1=Douglas Swaim |author2=Janet Hutchison |author3=Jim Sumner |name-list-style=amp | title =Masonic Temple| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =December 1981| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/CL0010.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | access-date = 2014-08-01}} Today, no Masonic lodges meet in the building.[http://www.grandlodge-nc.org/LodgeLocator/FindLodge?City=Shelby&Zip= Grand Lodge of North Carolina lodge locator search for Shelby] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113161033/http://www.grandlodge-nc.org/LodgeLocator/FindLodge?City=Shelby&Zip= |date=2013-11-13 }}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Central Shelby Historic District.