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Calgary Masonic Temple

Office · mid-rise office building · built 1928 · 330 12 Ave SW

LiDAR roof height15.5 m

Storey-equivalent (derived)4

Footprint518 m²

Parcel967 m²

Year built (roll)1928

Assessed 2026$2.2M

Structures on parcel1

Nearest CTrain526 m

Civic address: 330 12 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Community: Beltline (BLN)
City sub-property use: C101 Office · all Office sites
Land use district: CC-X — Centre City Mixed Use District (Commercial)
Height rank: #256 of 580 citywide · #77 of 119 in Beltline
Site coverage: 54% of parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces: 1 titled piece · roll 068134204
Coordinates: 51.0419, -114.069837

Massing and site plan

Left: isometric massing of every LiDAR structure on the parcel, at true scale, viewed from the south-west with 3.9 m storey lines. Right: plan of the parcel with surrounding footprints, Plus 15 walkways and nearby stations. Open this building in the 3D city →

15.5 m · 518 m²

Context within 150 m. Grey footprints darken with height; lime is the Plus 15 network.

How it compares

Roof height against the Beltline median and tallest, and against the city.

Access

Public-geometry tests only; confirm routes, entrances and hours with the building.

CTrain

Nearest station: 3rd Street SW, 526 m straight-line (route 201/202). Planned Green Line station Beltline is 278 m away (Downtown Segment, per the City’s Green Line map).

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Plus 15

Nearest Plus 15 segment: 172 m. Not on the network.

Heritage inventory

The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources records the following on this parcel.

Calgary Masonic Temple

Construction year: 1928
Architect: David Suttie McIlroy
Builder: Cawston and Tweedle
Style: Stripped Classical
Typology: Club
Development era: 1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
Designation: Inventory listing only

This site is significant because...

The Calgary Masonic Temple, dedicated Dec. 1928, has been in active use ever since for meetings, social events, and charitable/fundraising activities of the 8 Masonic lodges that had it built as well as Masonic-affiliated groups and others. (Institution Value, City Wide Significance)

The Calgary Masonic Temple is a rare monumental public building in Calgary in the Stripped Classical style, a variant of Art Deco. (Style Value, City Wide Significance)

The Calgary Masonic Temple contributed to the resurgence of the Beltline after WW I, especially 12 Avenue, as a prime downtown area. The temple's location across from Memorial Park with its library and war memorial reinforced the block's civic identity. (Symbolic Value, Community Significance)

The temple's distinctive architecture and recessed siting, proximity to other city landmarks, and ongoing use for d

Character-defining elements: Character-defining elements include, but are not limited to: - three-storey, symmetrical, three-bay building with full-width raised section towards rear; full basement; - flat roofs; skylight window-well; plain cornice, pediment in a stepped Art Deco profile; - steel-frame construction faced in red brick in common bond; sandstone foundation (incised block pattern in front), lintels, and trim; - fenestration pattern: symmetrical placement of central doorway and windows across three front bays; - low-relief in-antis window bays and plain engage pilasters; - sandstone trim comprising moulded pane

Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 150.

Assessment history

Assessed values are The City of Calgary’s taxation figures by roll year, not sale prices or rents; Alberta does not publish transaction prices.

Roll 068134204 · Office

Series not charted. The City’s published values for this roll number change by more than half or double between years, which usually signals a re-numbered, split or partially assessed account rather than a market movement. The published figures are listed below without a trend claim.

Published values by roll year

Roll year	Assessed value	Change
2005	$629,000	—
2006	$629,000	0.0%
2007	$1.3M	98.7%
2008	$2.8M	123.2%
2009	$2.9M	3.6%
2010	$1.7M	-40.1%
2011	$2.0M	17.9%
2012	$1.9M	-8.3%
2013	$3.1M	67.4%
2014	$3.0M	-4.8%
2015	$3.4M	14.1%
2016	$3.0M	-10.6%
2017	$3.7M	20.7%
2018	$3.7M	0.0%
2019	$3.7M	0.0%
2020	$3.7M	0.0%
2021	$3.5M	-4.4%
2022	$3.1M	-10.5%
2023	$2.5M	-20.1%
2024	$2.5M	0.0%
2025	$2.6M	2.0%
2026	$2.2M	-14.1%

Development and building permits

Applications the City has located on this parcel since 2012, from the Development Permits and Building Permits datasets.

No development or non-residential building permit applications were located on this parcel in the City’s records since 2012.

Nearby office buildings

The six nearest office building sites in the record, by straight-line distance between parcel centroids.

340 12 Ave SW57.8 m · built 1981 · Office · Beltline · 30 m
333 11 Ave SW61.5 m · built 1980 · Office · Beltline · 42 m
1122 4 St SW55.3 m · built 1981 · Office · Beltline · 89 m
Metals Limited Warehouse326 11 Ave SW34.5 m · built 1970 · Office · Beltline · 119 m
1400 396 11 Ave SW57.9 m · built 2008 · Office Condo · 57 accounts · Beltline · 139 m
G.F. & J. Galt & Co. Wholesale Grocers Warehouse313 10 Ave SWheight n/a · built 1915 · Office · Beltline · 151 m

Calgary Masonic Temple questions

Answers drawn from the record.

How tall is Calgary Masonic Temple?

The main structure on the parcel has a LiDAR roof height of 15.5 m in The City of Calgary’s 3D building data, a storey-equivalent of about 4 at 3.9 m per storey.

When was Calgary Masonic Temple built?

The City’s assessment roll records 1928 as the year of construction. The heritage inventory records 1928.

Which CTrain station is closest to Calgary Masonic Temple?

3rd Street SW Station, 526 m in a straight line from the parcel centroid.

Is office space available at Calgary Masonic Temple?

This profile is built from public records and does not track availability, rents or tenancy. Submit a private requirement and current options in the building or nearby will be confirmed through Commercially.

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Public record sources: Current Year Property Assessments (Parcel), Historical Property Assessments (Parcel), Assessment Subproperty Use Codes, 3D Buildings - Citywide (LiDAR roof outlines), Land Use Districts, Transit LRT Stations, Green Line Stations, Plus 15, Historic Resource (Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources), Development Permits, Building Permits, Calgary Existing Buildings - Performance Metrics (BenchmarkYYC) — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-21. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Building names, floor counts and architects, where shown, come from Wikidata (CC0). No brokerage, listing-data or commercial research source is used.

Boundary: Assessed values are the City’s assessment-roll figures for taxation and are not sale prices, asking rents, vacancy or availability; Alberta does not publish transaction prices. LiDAR heights are roof-surface elevations above the lowest ground point at the building perimeter and can differ from architectural heights. Storey equivalents are derived at 3.9 m per storey and are not floor counts. Distances are straight-line. Permit descriptions are the City’s records at retrieval and do not establish current use, tenancy or availability. Read the methodology.

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