El Paso Scottish Rite Temple

Item

Title
El Paso Scottish Rite Temple
Creator
Herbert Miller Greene
City
El Paso, Texas, United States
Address
Missouri and Santa Fe
GPS
31.760073, -106.492796
Country
United States
Date Created
1921
Century
20th Century
Classification
Architecture and City Planning
Building Type
churches
religious buildings
Style/Period
Early Revival
Art Deco
Cultural Context
American
Materials
terra cotta
Techniques
Bricklaying
Description
sphinx sculpture at entrance, One of two sphinxes that sit at the entrance of the temple., The Sphinxes were cast in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, by the Federal-Seaboard Terra Cotta Company (closed in 1968). Each sphinx is 10 ft long and weighs 4,000 pounds. The El Paso Scottish Rite Temple was the first to have sphinxes. They are the largest single-cast Terra Cotta sculptures in the world.
Source
Elizabeth Sasser
Photographer
Elizabeth Sasser
Rights Holder
© Elizabeth Sasser
Texas Tech University Libraries
Access Rights
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
Item sets
All Faculty Collections
Elizabeth Sasser Collection
Media
https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/Sasser4198.jpg

Herbert Miller Greene, “El Paso Scottish Rite Temple”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 13, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/29111