The Masonic Temple is a historic building located at 212 North Fourth Street in Kingman, Arizona

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...

. The temple was built in 1939 fo Kingman Masonic Lodge No. 22. Designed in the Moderne

Streamline Moderne

Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone or as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style which emerged during the 1930s...

 style, it was the second of two WPA

Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects...

 Projects in Kingman. The temple is next door to the old post office. With the growth in fraternal organizations, the Masons decided to have their own building. They have been using the Elks Lodge for sometime. Today, the temple is used for office space for downtown area of Kingman. The temple is on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

The building is described as architecturally important in a survey of historic buildings of Kingman.

External links

• Kingman Lodge No. 22, F.&A.M. website