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Detroit Masonic Temple was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style, and is faced with Indiana limestone. [6] Although few Masonic buildings are in the Gothic style, the architect believed that Gothic best exemplified Masonic traditions.
Feb 16, 2016 · The original blueprints for the Masonic Temple, as designed by architecht George Mason. Masonic Temple docent John Snider says they don't quite match up with real life.
In designing the Temple to be erected on Lafayette Boulevard and First Street, representatives then in charge of the activities, planned a structure, that in their opinion, would care for the needs of the Fraternity for fifty years to come. The various bodies moved into the Temple in 1896.
Architects from George P. Mason Company designed it to house 47 distinct Masonic orders, in addition to serving Detroit as a civic center. The Masons are Detroit’s oldest social organization, dating to Zion Lodge #1, which was founded in 1764.
Quickly outgrown, it was replaced by this huge gray Indiana limestone temple designed by Mason (1856–1948), who together with Zacharias Rice planned the earlier temple. The building holds all the fraternal branches.
Sep 21, 2023 · 1. When and why was The Masonic built? Building The Masonic began in 1920 and was completed by 1926. As membership in Masonic fraternities began to grow, the Masonic Temple Association of Detroit decided to build a larger Masonic Temple on Bagg Street (now Temple Avenue). 2. A grand celebration. When the theater at The Masonic first opened, the ...
Feb 21, 2018 · Designed by George Mason and Company, the temple was built on the Dickensian-sounding Bagg Street, which would later be renamed, far more fittingly, Temple Avenue. It became the largest...
