Cleveland Masonic Temple

{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Cleveland Masonic Temple | nrhp_type = | image = Cleveland Masonic Temple.jpg | caption = | location = 3615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio | coordinates = {{coord|41|30|13|N|81|39|44|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = United States Cleveland#Ohio#USA | built = 1921 | architect = Hubbell & Benes | architecture = Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements | added = August 17, 2001 | area = {{convert|2.8|acre}} | refnum = 01000894<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}

The '''Cleveland Masonic Temple''' in Cleveland, Ohio is an auditorium and banquet hall which opened in 1921. It is noted for containing two large organs (Austin opus 823 and a Wurlitzer Opus 793), and for many years was home to the Cleveland Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Masonic Temple |url=http://clevelandhistorical.org/index.php/items/show/9 |website=Cleveland Historical.org |publisher=CSU Center for Public History and Digital Humanities |access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref> It was designed by the architectural firm of Hubbell and Benes.<ref>[http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/arch/pdf/archdetailPrint.php?afil=&archID=285 Hubbell and Benes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307184704/http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/arch/pdf/archdetailPrint.php?afil=&archID=285 |date=2012-03-07 }}, Cleveland Planning Commission, n.d.. Accessed 2011-01-21.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MASONIC CLEVELAND AUDITORIUM |url=http://thisiscleveland.com/locations/cleveland-masonic-and-performance-arts-center |website=This is Cleveland.com |publisher=Destination Cleveland |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref>

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001,<ref name=nris/> and the venue continues to host concerts, like the Decemberists, and in recent years has also held professional wrestling events from numerous promotions, such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA),<ref>{{cite web |title=TNA Events |url=http://tnawrestling.com/events/ |website=TNA Wrestling.com |publisher=TNA Wrestling |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref> the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chakerian |first1=Peter |title=Q&A with National Wrestling Alliance president, Smashing Pumpkins frontman, workaholic-insomniac Billy Corgan |url=http://cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/10/qa-with-national-wrestling-alliance-president-smashing-pumpkins-frontman-workaholic-insomniac-billy-corgan.html |website=Cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |access-date=October 25, 2023}}</ref> and Game Changer Wrestling (GCW).<ref>{{cite web |title=CLEVELAND MASONIC CONCERT CALENDAR |url=http://templelive.com/cleveland/ |website=Temple Live.com |publisher=TEMPLELIVE LLC |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref>

Besides the main auditorium (which features 2,200 theater seats, and extra floor seating capable of being added for concerts and wrestling), there is also a banquet hall and lounge as part of the complex, which can be used for wedding receptions, business meetings, or charity events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Private Events at the Cleveland Masonic |url=http://templelive.com/cleveland/cleveland-private-events/ |website=Temple Live.com |publisher=TEMPLELIVE LLC |access-date=June 10, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.aasrcleveland.org/ Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Cleveland] *[http://www.paccleveland.com/ Performance Arts Center at the Cleveland Masonic Auditorium]

Category:Masonic buildings completed in 1921 Category:Buildings and structures in Cleveland Category:Masonic buildings in Ohio Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio Category:1921 establishments in Ohio Category:Indoor arenas in Ohio