West Plains in Howell County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple

National Register of Historic Places

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2021

1. Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple Marker

Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National
Register of
Historic Places
by the
United States
Department
of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1933.

Location. 36° 43.678′ N, 91° 51.01′ W. Marker is in West Plains, Missouri, in Howell County. It is on East Main Street just east of South Hill Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the subject building, just to the right of the front/north entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 304 East Main Street, West Plains MO 65775, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Early West Plains Spring (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory of Six Confederate Soldiers (about 800 feet away); Civil War Skirmish - 1862 (about 800 feet away); Time Capsule (about 800 feet away); Polly the Parrot (approx. half a mile away); Lincoln School (approx. one mile away); West Plains (approx. 3 miles away); Porter Wagoner's Guitar (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Plains.

Regarding Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple. National Register of Historic Places #11000188.

Also see . . . Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple.

Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple was designed by architect Rudolph Zerse Gill and built in 1933. The one-story building on a raised basement is an "austere" Classical Revival building with a projecting temple front with Tuscan order pilasters. It measures approximately 50 feet by 80 feet.

(Submitted on November 18, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple (<i>north/front elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2021

2. Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple (north/front elevation)

(marker visible just right of entrance)

Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple (<i>northwest elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2021

3. Mount Zion Lodge Masonic Temple (northwest elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 510 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 18, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.