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Watertown Masonic Temple

New York, US

Watertown Masonic Temple

Watertown Masonic Temple is a historic building and former Masonic hall located in Watertown in Jefferson County, New York. It was constructed in 1914 as a meeting hall for a local Masonic lodge and is a three-story building in the Neoclassical style, with a masonry and steel structure. The front of

the building features a large prostyle temple front with six Doric columns supporting a triangular pediment. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2003, the Masonic Hall Association decided to sell the building, citing the cost of maintaining the structure and declining membership for its decision. In 2017, a plan to renovate the building as a performing arts center was included in a ten million dollar New York State Empire State Development Corporation revitalization grant.

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