Oriental Lodge No. 500, known today as Prince Hall Masonic Temple, is a historic building located in

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...

, United States. It was designed by Rubush & Hunter and others and completed in 1916. It is a four-story, rectangular, steel frame and reinforced concrete structure with brick exterior walls. It has

terra cotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...

decorative elements that are interpretations of Islamic architecture of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. ''Note:'' This includes
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2016.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Buildings and structures completed in 1916 Buildings and structures in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis {{Indianapolis-stub