Philadelphia architects George R. Stearns and Charles E. Woodnutt partnered from 1918 to 1930. Stearns's engineering experience was an asset in the firm's hospital and industrial projects; the firm also designed churches and residences. This Beaux-Arts-inspired Masonic temple was built on a grand scale in the heart
Lu Donnelly et al., "Masonic Temple", [Lock Haven, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-CN4.
Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 430-431.
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