Location Information
(for the former Masonic Temple {Hattiesburg Lodge 397, F&AM})
Name:(former) Masonic Temple {Hattiesburg Lodge 397, F&AM}
Address:700 Main Street, North
City/County:Hattiesburg, Forrest County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1920
Architectural Styles(s):Neoclassical
No. of Stories:3
Registration Information
NR District Name:Hub City (1980)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:6
NR District Name:Hub City (Boundary Increase II) (2012)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:37
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:09-18-2003
Recorded:11-04-2003
Book/Vol. No.:V. 951, p. 502
Easement Information
Date Signed:04-05-2004
Expires:04-05-2029
Easement Type:Preservation/Maintenance
Context/Comments
Designed by Hattiesburg architect Robert Emmett Lee, this three-story, brick neoclassical building with a shallow recessed distyle Doric portico was built in 1920 as the Masonic Temple for Hattiesburg Lodge No. 397, F&AM. The building was acquired by Forrest County in July 2003, to become a courthouse annex. Formerly element #6 in Hattiesburg Hub City Historic District.

The building was originally listed on the National Register in 1981 as a contributing element (element #6) in the Hattiesburg Hub City Historic District, and it was later included as element #37 in the enlarged Hub City Historic District (Boundary Increase II), which was placed on the National Register on 9 November 2012. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 18 September 2003.

It is mentioned in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 315, in the listing for the Forrest County Courthouse, PW25).