Masonic Temple (Huntington, West Virginia)

Masonic Temple-Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
River Tower, March 2009
Location:	1100-1108 E. Third Ave., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates:	38°25′22″N 82°26′28″W / 38.42278°N 82.44111°W / 38.42278; -82.44111Coordinates: 38°25′22″N 82°26′28″W / 38.42278°N 82.44111°W / 38.42278; -82.44111
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1914
Architect:	Mills, Wilbur T.; Moore Construction Co.
Architectural style:	Early Commercial
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	93000614[1]
Added to NRHP:	August 26, 1993

The Masonic Temple, also known as Masonic Temple-Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building and River Towers, is a historic commercial building located at 1100-1108 E. Third Ave., in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1914, and is a seven story, brick building in the Early Commercial style. The building is constructed of steel-reinforced concrete with yellow and orange brick facing and white terra cotta trim. A five story annex was built on the east side of the original building in 1922. Two additional stories were added to the annex in 1926. It originally housed a large wholesale business and Huntington Lodge #53 of the Masons. The Watts, Ritter Company occupied the building until the firm's closing in 1959.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Nancy Recchie (March 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Masonic Temple-Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/93000614.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-23.