Asheville Masonic Temple, Historic Masonic temple in downtown Asheville, United States.

The Asheville Masonic Temple is a four-story red brick building with an impressive two-story portico featuring Ionic columns, limestone trim, and a red tile hipped roof on granite foundations. It houses eight Masonic organizations and contains a 200-seat dining hall and theater within its walls.

Mount Hermon Lodge No. 118 and the Royal Arch Masons' Asheville Chapter bought the lot at 80 Broadway on July 1, 1909. In April 1912 they met with the Scottish Rite Valley of Asheville's Lodge of Perfection to plan a joint temple, and in May 1913 McPherson Construction Company signed a contract to build it for $56,260. The Masonic Temple Company accepted the finished building on April 29, 1915; the original plans, deeds and survey plats remain in its records.

The temple takes its name from the Masonic bodies that built it: Mount Hermon Lodge No. 118 and the Scottish Rite Valley of Asheville, joined by the Royal Arch Masons chapter that co-purchased the lot in 1909. The second floor was planned for Mount Hermon Lodge, the Order of the Eastern Star and the York Rite, while the third and fourth floors went to the Scottish Rite.

The temple stands at 80 Broadway in downtown Asheville, a short walk from the city's main streets. It is a private Masonic building rather than a public museum, so visitors should arrange access through the lodges that meet there or during scheduled events. The Broadway facade, with its two-story portico and paired Ionic columns, can be viewed from the sidewalk.

The temple's original plans, deeds and survey plats are still kept among its records, so the 1913 construction contract with McPherson Construction Company for $56,260 can be traced in the building's own archive. Zebulon Baird Vance, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, petitioned Mount Hermon Lodge #118 here in 1853 at age 23.