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Structure Type: built works - public buildings - assembly halls; built works - recreation areas and structures
Designers: Campbell, W.E., Building Contractor (firm); Wright and Gentry, Architects (firm); W. E. Campbell (building contractor); Francis Hudson Gentry (architect); Parker O. Wright Jr. (architect)
Dates: constructed 1925-1926
Overview
This Italian Renaissance Revival Style building, designed by the Long Beach partnership of Wright and Gentry, Architects, served the Scottish Rite branch of Freemasonry in Long Beach. Built in a scant 14 months (between 07/1925 and 09/1926), this elaborate edifice cost a whopping $500,000. Long admired in the city, it was voted the eighth City of Long Beach Historic Landmark.
Building Notes
W.E. Campbell acted as the building contractor on the Scottish RIte Cathedral.
Long Beach Historic Landmark: 16.52.050
PCAD id: 20179
