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Calgary Masonic Temple

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

3D render of Calgary Masonic Temple (330 12 Ave SW), a 15.5 m mid-rise office building in Beltline, Calgary, modelled from City of Calgary LiDAR
Rendered by OfficeBuildings.ca from The City of Calgary 3D building outlines and ground elevations, with Calgary Masonic Temple highlighted among its neighbours. A derived massing model, not a photograph. Explore it in the 3D city.

Calgary Masonic Temple (330 12 Ave SW) is a 15.5 m mid-rise office building in Beltline, Calgary, recorded on the City assessment roll as built in 1928. Its main structure is the 348th tallest office roof of the 775 ranked in this record, and 77th of 124 in Beltline. The City assesses the parcel at $2.2M on the 2026 roll, 603rd of 822 sites in the record by assessed value. The nearest CTrain platform is 3rd Street SW, 526 m away in a straight line. 413 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a weekday. It appears on the City’s Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources as Calgary Masonic Temple.

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
#348 of 785 citywide · #77 of 119 in Beltline
Footprint to parcel
54% of the parcel under LiDAR footprints
Parcel pieces
1 titled piece · roll 068134204
Coordinates
51.0419, -114.069837
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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 mN20 mLiDAR roof outlines · City of Calgary · true scale
15.5 m · 518 m²
3.4 m structure4.3 m structure4.4 m structure4.8 m structure5.8 m structure6.6 m structure6.7 m structure6.9 m structure8.3 m structure9.3 m structure14.9 m structure34.5 m structure55.3 m structure57.8 m structure61.5 m structure109.1 m structure15.5 m · 518 m² footprintN50 mFootprints within 150 m · City of Calgary
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.

Calgary Masonic Temple15.5 mBeltline median18.4 mBeltline tallest123.5 mCalgary office median13.8 mCalgary tallest office roof243.2 m

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).

Other office buildings near 3rd Street SW Station →

Plus 15

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

Cycling

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m of the parcel is a protected lane (Cycle Track), 10 m away.

Winter access

The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route, 10 m from its edge. Priority 1 routes are cleared first after a snowfall.

Accessible crossing

The nearest accessible pedestrian signal is at 12 Avenue and 4 Street, 118 m from the parcel. The closest signalised crossing, 12 Avenue and 2 Street at 116 m, has no accessible signal recorded.

Straight-line tests against The City of Calgary Calgary Bikeways, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes and Traffic Signals, retrieved 2026-09-24. Bikeways are ranked by the City's comfort level, where 1 is a protected lane and 4 a major street. Snow priority is a clearing order, not a clearing time. An accessible pedestrian signal gives audible and tactile crossing cues; a signal recorded as unknown is not counted as having none.

Transit service

Scheduled Calgary Transit service at the door, not only the distance to a platform.

413 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of this parcel on a representative weekday, 57 of them between 07:00 and 09:00, across 5 routes and 8 stops. The closest stop is EB 12 AV SW @ 2 ST SW, 90 m away.

Service classTrips on the service day
REGULAR413

Routes: 3 Sandstone/Elbow Dr SW · 13 Altadore · 15 Deerfoot Meadows · 17 Renfrew/Ramsay · 90 Bridgeland/University of Calgary.

Calgary Transit Scheduling Data (GTFS), service day 2026-09-28 inside the 2026-09-15 to 2026-12-20 service period. A trip is counted once however many stops it calls at inside the radius. Schedules change each service period; this is the schedule, not observed service.

Parking

What the City’s own tariff record says about kerbside parking beside this parcel.

Residential permit parking zone C. The centre of this parcel falls inside a City residential parking zone, so nearby residential streets are permit-restricted and are not available for all-day staff parking. Check the signs for the hours that apply.

Paid on-street parking within 200 m

354 metered stalls across 42 City parking zones touching this walking radius, at $1.00 to $3.00 per hour depending on zone and time of day. Maximum stay 120 to 180 minutes. Tariff zones 12, 13.

Enforced 0910-1520 MON-FRI, 0910-1750 SAT; 0910-1520 MON-FRI,0910-1750 SAT; 0910-1520 MON-SAT; 0910-1750 MON-FRI.

Closest zone

12 Av SW, Fr 2 St SW To 4 St SW — 17 m from the parcel, 15 parallel stalls, tariff zone 12, 120-minute maximum.

WhenRate
Mon-Fri 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM$2.00 per Hour
Mon-Fri 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM$3.00 per Hour
Mon-Fri 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM$2.25 per Hour
Saturday: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM$1.00 per Hour
No Parking at this timeSee Street Signs
Sunday/Holidays:Free parking
Free parking to 7 AMSee Signs /Parking Restrictions

The City of Calgary On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, retrieved 2026-09-24. Counts cover Active paid parking zones only: loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and permit-only zones are excluded, and off-street parkades are not in this dataset. Tariffs and enforcement hours change; confirm on the sign.

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
Style
Stripped Classical
Typology
Club
Development era
1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
Original use
Community
Planning theme
Urban Development
Designation
Inventory listing only
Inventory class
CWHR

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 yearAssessed valueChange
2005$629,000—
2006$629,0000.0%
2007$1.3M98.7%
2008$2.8M123.2%
2009$2.9M3.6%
2010$1.7M-40.1%
2011$2.0M17.9%
2012$1.9M-8.3%
2013$3.1M67.4%
2014$3.0M-4.8%
2015$3.4M14.1%
2016$3.0M-10.6%
2017$3.7M20.7%
2018$3.7M0.0%
2019$3.7M0.0%
2020$3.7M0.0%
2021$3.5M-4.4%
2022$3.1M-10.5%
2023$2.5M-20.1%
2024$2.5M0.0%
2025$2.6M2.0%
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.

Inspections

What City inspectors recorded against the permits on this parcel.

The City has no inspection result on file for a building permit on this parcel. No building permit has been located on this parcel since 2012 either.

Occupiers and licensed businesses

The public record of who operates on the parcel, labelled by source.

Businesses licensed by the City on this parcel 0 as of 2026-09-24

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside this parcel.

Not a tenant roster. The City licenses specific business types (retail, food service, personal services, contractors, wholesalers, schools and similar). Most office occupiers such as professional firms need no municipal licence and do not appear here. Matched by civic address and by licence location inside the parcel; home-based licences are excluded.

No individuals are named. The City issues many personal-service licences to people trading under their own name. Suite numbers are never published, and where a licence reads as an individual rather than an organisation the name is withheld and only the licence category is shown. Names of sources this site does not use are omitted.

Nearby office buildings

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

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.

What is the assessed value of Calgary Masonic Temple?

The City of Calgary assesses this parcel at $2.2M in total on the 2026 roll, 603rd of 822 sites in this record. Assessed value is the City’s figure for property tax, not a sale price or an asking price.

What is Calgary Masonic Temple zoned?

The parcel is designated CC-X, Centre City Mixed Use District, under the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw. Confirm the designation and any amendments with the City before relying on it.

Which CTrain station is closest to Calgary Masonic Temple?

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

Who is in Calgary Masonic Temple?

No City of Calgary business licence is recorded at this address or inside the parcel. Most office occupiers such as professional firms do not need a municipal licence, so the register is not a tenant roster.

Has Calgary Masonic Temple been inspected?

The City publishes no inspection result against a building permit on this parcel.

How good is transit at Calgary Masonic Temple?

413 scheduled transit trips call within 300 m of the parcel on a representative weekday, 57 of them in the morning peak, across 5 routes. The closest stop is EB 12 AV SW @ 2 ST SW, 90 m away. That is the published schedule for one service period, not observed service, and it counts each trip once however many stops it makes nearby.

Can staff cycle or get there in winter at Calgary Masonic Temple?

The best-rated cycling facility within 400 m is a protected lane, 10 m away. The parcel fronts a Priority 1 snow and ice clearing route. It sits inside residential permit parking zone C, so nearby residential streets are not available for all-day parking. These are straight-line tests against City layers.

Where can visitors park at Calgary Masonic Temple?

The City of Calgary's tariff record shows 354 paid on-street stalls in 42 zones within 200 m of the parcel, at $1.00 to $3.00 per hour. The closest is 12 Av SW, Fr 2 St SW To 4 St SW, 17 m away. Loading bays, taxi stands, accessible stalls and off-street parkades are not counted, and rates change, so confirm on the sign.

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.

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), Calgary Business Licenses, On-Street Parking Zones with Rates, Building Inspections Results, Residential Parking Zones, Snow and Ice Clearing Priority Routes, Traffic Signals, Calgary Bikeways — The City of Calgary, retrieved 2026-09-24. 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.