COVID-19 UPDATE at the Temple
At this time, events are allowed to continue with adherence to the County Ordinance requiring face masks. Masks must be worn when social distancing is not possible.
We have closed public access to the Temple until further notice. Our businesses and coworking space are open. If you are a customer of a business at the Temple, please make an appointment with that business and contact them directly for access. If you are a member of our coworking space, you will have access through your membership. If you have questions on our venue for events, please call Mary Landes, Executive Director at 785-201-3132 x1.
If you have an event booked with us, we are monitoring the latest government guidelines and will follow those as they are established. We will contact you immediately if we learn of restrictions that would affect your event, and will work with you to reschedule in the future.
Wedding & Event Space
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Did you know?
The Temple is on the National Register
of Historic Places.
John Phillips Sousa played at the
dedication in 1927.
A USO show was headquartered here
in the 1940s.
A rare collection of 104 hand-painted
backdrops is housed in our theater.
The Grand Lobby contains marble
slabs, split to reflect angel wings.
The building has 7 floors, with 160,000
total square feet.
The front doors are bronze.
There are 122 hand-hammered copper
gargoyles surrounding the building.