{"id":3217,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-07-30 16:34:00","latitude":48.5513477411121812110650353133678436279296875,"longitude":-109.6785199642181396484375,"title":"Havre Masonic Temple","subtitle":"Havre Residential Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/d7c0871304fd6303f7053b56f7043900.jpg","address":"305 3rd Ave, Havre, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Historic Montana"],"description":"The five-story Masonic Temple was Havre’s largest building at the time of its opening in 1916. Its solid massing follows a longstanding Masonic tradition of erecting lodges whose size and bulk symbolize the permanency and stability of masonry itself. The members of Havre Lodge #55, first organized in 1901, wanted a home that would provide space for ceremonial and social functions. They also saw the building as an investment in Havre. The Masons counted on rent from first-floor retail establishments and second- and third-floor offices to subsidize the lodge. They reserved the fourth and fifth stories for their ceremonial and social rooms, including a Lodge room, a large kitchen and dining area overlooking the Lodge, and a chapel. Local architect Frank Buossot incorporated the Egyptian Revival style in the entrance&#039;s monumental, tapered sandstone pilasters and winged frieze to reflect the Mason’s symbolic ties to ancient Egypt. An Egyptian motif decorates the fourth floor Lodge room as well. Diamond-patterned brick, Italianate style double brackets, and a Gothic Revival stained glass window in the Knights Templar chapel also add dignity to the building.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/07664d26-5fe1-46bf-bb69-b2b8714c89c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Havre Residential Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/6675d5b9-cf90-448e-ae54-871a9dff9873/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Havre Residential Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/d7c0871304fd6303f7053b56f7043900.jpg":{"id":4849,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"Historic black and white photo of Masonic Temple | ca. 1916","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/d7c0871304fd6303f7053b56f7043900.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/78f2ab3058ce719f1e9c959efbd8142e.jpg":{"id":4850,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"View of facade | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2008 | Pete Brown, photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/78f2ab3058ce719f1e9c959efbd8142e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/150ad681f0b5a3fc3b46a9f5efb96451.jpg":{"id":4846,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"View of masonry detail and roof brackets on third and fourth floors | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | 2018 | unknown photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/150ad681f0b5a3fc3b46a9f5efb96451.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/34afd28e8ac60ae6df09e57edb2d8cab.jpg":{"id":4847,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"View of main entrance with Egyptian Revival motifs in stone and double wood doors with glass panels. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Helena, MT | 2018 | unknown photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/34afd28e8ac60ae6df09e57edb2d8cab.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/8c033f9968f80e3da850c7654a1e67ad.jpg":{"id":4848,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"Side view along 3rd Ave. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Helena, MT | 2018 | unknown photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/8c033f9968f80e3da850c7654a1e67ad.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/21e96fcbab2f659c71d19836abfdef41.jpg":{"id":6094,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"Photo of building exterior.  | Montana Historical Society | 27 September, 2021<br />\r\n | Tom Ferris, Photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/21e96fcbab2f659c71d19836abfdef41.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/2179511fbbd7f5ef0406d9f349e477f3.jpg":{"id":6095,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"Photo of building entrance. | Montana Historical Society | 27 September, 2021 | Tom Ferris, Photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/2179511fbbd7f5ef0406d9f349e477f3.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/59c31857ab77bee345239e0497528c6e.jpg":{"id":6096,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Havre Masonic Temple","description":"Photo of building exterior details. | Montana Historical Society | 27 September, 2021 | Tom Ferris, Photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/59c31857ab77bee345239e0497528c6e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/original/7c2b405f45c117619964f507fd4c14c3.pdf":{"id":6634,"mime-type":"application/pdf","title":"Havre Residential Historic District","description":"Nomination Documentation. This document is an accessible remediation of the original 1989 scanned nomination form. | <a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/07664d26-5fe1-46bf-bb69-b2b8714c89c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Original NPS Havre Residential Historic District nomination</a> | 2026 remediation | Montana Historical Society","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/7c2b405f45c117619964f507fd4c14c3.jpg"}}}