Overview

Upper-crust San Francisco architects Bliss and Faville designed this Masonic Temple at 25 Van Ness Avenue in the manner of a Florentine palazzo with an idiosynchratic fenestration composed of trabeated and arched openings. The parapet was machicolated, in the manner of a medieval fortress. The corner facade at Oak Street and Van Ness had an elevated sculpture niche, also typical of Italian and French Gothic architecture. The temple began operations in 1911.

PCAD id: 24830