Masonic Building, Temple, Hoquiam, WA (1922)

AKA: Masonic Temple-Hoquiam, WA

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings; built works - commercial buildings - stores; built works - recreation areas and structures

Designers: Sutton and Whitney, Architects (firm); Albert Sutton (architect); Harrison Allen Whitney (architect)

Dates: constructed 1922

3 stories

click to open gallery Exterior view of the Masonic Temple, Hoquiam, 2009; from Wikipedia Commons, photo by Joe Mabel
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510 8th Street
Hoquiam, WA 98550
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The Portland architectural firm, Sutton and Whitney, produced the design for this large office building, a significant investment by this local Masonic Chapter. At this time, Hoquiam experienced great prosperity as a logging center, and the scale of this building suggested the town's financial resources.

This mixed-use building contained three stories as built, with commercial storefronts lining the first to provide rental income for the chapter. Offices (adding further rental income) and Masonic meeting spaces occupied the upper two floors.

Authorities and Identifiers

National Register of Historic Places (September 5, 2007): 7000934 NRHP Images (pdf) NHRP Registration Form (pdf)

PCAD id: 18868

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