History
The building at 311 West Main Street in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a former Masonic Temple and the new home of the Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts, has unique historical and architectural significance. Originally constructed in 1912—in the wake of the industrial revolution—as the home of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Greek Revival building was designed to rival famous peer buildings, most notably the Marshall Field and Company Building in Chicago.
Blending old and new styles into a singular whole, the structure used elements of design that did not exist in the past and are no longer readily found in present-day architecture. This is a priceless part of American culture that the Borough of Lansdale and the North Penn Regional Council of the Arts are working to preserve and enhance.