Masonic Temple (Chicago)

E309749

Masonic building demolished building skyscraper

Masonic Temple (Chicago) was a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper and Masonic meeting hall designed by the influential architectural firm Burnham and Root.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Masonic Temple (Chicago) canonical	1
Masonic Temple Building (Chicago)	1
Masonic temple	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2904041 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Masonic Temple (Chicago)
Context triple: [Burnham and Root, notableWork, Masonic Temple (Chicago)]

A. Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
B. Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
C. Gage Building (Chicago)
The Gage Building in Chicago is a historic early skyscraper on Michigan Avenue, renowned for its Chicago School architecture and ornamental façade designed in part by Louis Sullivan.
D. Chicago City Hall
Chicago City Hall is the central municipal government building of Chicago, housing key city offices and serving as the primary location for official civic administration and proceedings.
E. Cook County Building
The Cook County Building is a major government office structure in downtown Chicago that houses key administrative functions of Cook County.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Masonic Temple (Chicago)
Target entity description: Masonic Temple (Chicago) was a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper and Masonic meeting hall designed by the influential architectural firm Burnham and Root.

A. Santa Fe Building (Chicago)
The Santa Fe Building in Chicago is a historic early 20th-century office skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, notable for its Beaux-Arts design and prominent location along Michigan Avenue.
B. Republic Building (Chicago)
The Republic Building in Chicago was a historic early skyscraper designed in the Chicago School style, exemplifying the commercial architecture of the late 19th century.
C. Gage Building (Chicago)
The Gage Building in Chicago is a historic early skyscraper on Michigan Avenue, renowned for its Chicago School architecture and ornamental façade designed in part by Louis Sullivan.
D. Chicago City Hall
Chicago City Hall is the central municipal government building of Chicago, housing key city offices and serving as the primary location for official civic administration and proceedings.
E. Cook County Building
The Cook County Building is a major government office structure in downtown Chicago that houses key administrative functions of Cook County.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Masonic building ⓘ demolished building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
address	State Street and Randolph Street ⓘ
architect	Daniel H. Burnham ⓘ linked to: Daniel Burnham John Wellborn Root ⓘ
architecturalFirm	Burnham and Root ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chicago School ⓘ linked to: Chicago School of Architecture
buildingType	commercial building ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures demolished in 1939 ⓘ Burnham and Root buildings ⓘ Former skyscrapers in Chicago ⓘ Masonic buildings in Illinois ⓘ
completionDate	1892 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
demolishedFor	economic reasons ⓘ to make way for a lower-rise building ⓘ
demolitionDate	1939 ⓘ
era	late 19th century ⓘ
floorCount	21 ⓘ
function	Masonic meeting hall ⓘ office building ⓘ
hasFeature	central light court ⓘ elevators ⓘ
height	302 ft ⓘ 92 m ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer extant ⓘ
influencedBy	technological advances in steel-frame construction ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago ⓘ linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
material	masonry ⓘ steel frame ⓘ
notableFor	large Masonic lodge rooms ⓘ mixed-use commercial and fraternal functions ⓘ pioneering skyscraper design ⓘ
openingDate	1892 ⓘ
owner	Masonic organizations ⓘ
partOf	development of early Chicago skyscrapers ⓘ
startDate	1891 ⓘ
street	Randolph Street ⓘ State Street ⓘ
usedBy	Freemasons ⓘ
wasAmong	tallest buildings in Chicago at time of completion ⓘ tallest buildings in the world at time of completion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burnham and Root → notableWork → Masonic Temple (Chicago) ⓘ

Freemasons → hasMeetingPlace → Masonic temple ⓘ

linked to: Masonic Temple (Chicago)

Burnham and Root buildings → hasPart → Masonic Temple Building (Chicago) ⓘ