Journal Record Building
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India Temple Shrine Building
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| Location | 621 N. Robinson Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°28′25″N 97°30′58″W / 35.47361°N 97.51611°WCoordinates: 35°28′25″N 97°30′58″W / 35.47361°N 97.51611°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Layton, Hicks & Forsyth |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 80003286 |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1980 |
The Journal Record Building, also known as the Law Journal Record Building and the India Temple Shrine Building, is a Classical Revival style building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was completed in 1923 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was damaged in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and now houses the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum.
The 16 Masonic lodges of Oklahoma City combined their resources to construct a building large enough to house all of their activities. They hired the prominent local architectural firm of Layton, Hicks and Forsyth to design their building. Construction of the India Temple Shrine Building was started in October 1922 and completed the following year at a cost of $1.3 million.
Financial conditions during the Great Depression forced the Masons to vacate the India Temple Shrine Building less than 10 years after it opened. It sat empty until December 1945, when it was sold at auction to Joe D. Morris, president and founder of the Home State Life Insurance Company. Morris paid $201,000 for the building, which he converted to office space.
The building was sold in December 1977 to Dan Hogan, owner of the Law Journal Record Publishing Company, and underwent additional interior renovations in 1978.
The Journal Record Building received significant damage in the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995, which destroyed the nearby Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Following the bombing, the building was restored and became the home of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum, an affiliate of the National Park Service. It also houses the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
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