York Lodge No. 563

Ohio, United States

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On the northern side of Columbus, Ohio, York Lodge No. 563 stands as a landmark of early twentieth-century Masonic architecture, completed in 1915 by the architectural firm Stribling and Lum. Built of brick with limestone and metal accents, the structure exemplifies Italianate and Renaissance Revival design, distinguished by cunningly-worked limestone trim and decorative brickwork that set it apart markedly from its more modest commercial neighbors. The lodge represents the first lasting Masonic presence in Columbus's northern neighborhoods, after earlier efforts to establish a northern lodge had failed. Its historical significance rests partly on the remarkable preservation of its original character—few modifications have touched the ornamental interior or the surviving stained glass windows—and partly on the rarity of comparable Stribling and Lum commissions; despite the firm's operation from 1902 to 1933, almost none of their buildings of similar scale have endured. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 1984.