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Scottish Rite Temple

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1912–1923, Hyman W. Witcover. 341 Bull St.

At seven stories tall, this colorful and richly decorated Masonic Temple appears somewhat out of context in this neighborhood. Using Georgia marble, glazed terra-cotta, and yellow brick over a steel-frame, Witcover, himself a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, saturated the building with Masonic symbolism. The interior has three ceremonial meeting rooms above the ground floor, originally occupied by a pharmacy known as Solomon’s Drugstore, with elaborate cabinetry still visible in the Gryphon Tearoom managed by SCAD. The block of houses extending westward along Charlton Street from the Scottish Rite Temple vividly illustrates the role proximity to the square had on property value, with the most lavish houses being closer to Bull Street and progressively simpler and shorter houses marching down the block.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Poetter Hall, SCAD (Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory)
Houses
Poetter Hall, SCAD
Sergeant William Jasper Monument
Madison Square

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Scottish Rite Temple", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.11.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 144-145.

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