Name/Title
Morocco TempleEntry/Object ID
2016.019.020Description
Morocco Temple
Newman SE corner E. Monroe (219 N Newnan Street)
Architect: HJ Klutho
Completed in 1911, the Morocco Temple is one of Downtown's most exotic buildings. It's architecture is a combination of radical design concepts of the Prairie style, Mid-Eastern imagery of the Shriners reflected in the Egyptian Revival style and cubistic geometry of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Inside the building, obelisks were used a newel posts for the twin curving staircases and the floors were inlaid with mosaic tiles to imitate oriental carpets. The second floor contained a 1500 seat auditorium , decorated with oil painted murals and a huge stage curtain depicting Arabian scenes.
In 1912, President William Howard Taft spoke here .
The building was badly marred in the late 1950s when the cornice was removed adn the vertical windows on the sides of the building were filled in.
In 1984, the Shriners moved out of the building and it is now renovated for commercial office space. During the remodeling, the obscured window openings were reestablished but the auditorium was altered.Collection
Woodward Photo CollectionMade/Created
Studio
The Woodward Studio, Inc.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects