Temple for Performing Arts
- Architect
- Proudfoot & Bird
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Des Moines, IA
- Collection
- proudfoot’s des moines
Originally the Masonic Temple of Des Moines, this Beaux-Arts building was constructed in 1913 by the Des Moines firm Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson, with retail and office space on the first three floors and Masonic meeting rooms on the fourth. The Masons vacated the fourth floor in 2001, and it was converted into a venue for performing arts, culture, and entertainment now billed as the Temple for Performing Arts.
the building
From lodge to stage. Masonic meeting rooms occupied the fourth floor until the Masons vacated in 2001, when the space was converted into a venue for performing arts, culture, entertainment, and learning.
the style
Built in the Beaux-Arts style, the building was one of 25 known surviving Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson buildings in Des Moines and one of only two known lodge buildings the firm designed.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson was a Des Moines-based firm that designed 25 known surviving buildings in the city, including two known lodge buildings, of which this is one.
significance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 under the name Masonic Temple of Des Moines, as part of a 1988 multiple property submission recognizing the firm's work.
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