Hollywood Masonic Temple, Masonic temple in Hollywood, Los Angeles, US.
Hollywood Masonic Temple is a two-story brick and concrete building on Hollywood Boulevard, listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Its front has a colonnade of six outsized Ionic columns before a recessed entrance, and the upper band carries the inscription "FREEMASONRY BUILDS ITS TEMPLES AMONG THE NATIONS AND IN THE HEARTS OF MEN". Red banners for Jimmy Kimmel Live hang between the columns.
The Hollywood Lodge of Masons moved here in 1922, led by lodge master Charles E. Toberman, with John C. Austin as architect. The lot cost $36,295, construction $176,678, and furniture and fixtures $56,421. The Masons operated the temple until 1982, when declining membership led them to sell; Disney bought the building in 1998.
The temple attracted numerous entertainment figures as members, including Douglas Fairbanks, Cecil B. DeMille, Harold Lloyd, and John Wayne.
The building stands at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard and now operates as El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where the television show Jimmy Kimmel Live is recorded. Access depends on scheduled events and production calendars.
The interior still preserves original Batchelder tiles, handcrafted wrought iron wall torches, and old post boxes that lodge officers once used. These features date from the opening era and show the craftsmanship of that period.
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