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Masonic Temple, 2019. The Detroit Masonic Temple has been the largest Masonic Temple in the world since 1939, when the Chicago Masonic Temple was demolished. The stage of the auditorium is the second largest in the United States, having a width between walls of 100 feet (30 m) and a depth from the curtain line of 55 feet (17 m).
Detroit Masonic Temple. Fort Wayne Hotel / American Hotel, 400–426 Temple : This 11-story, brown-brick and terra cotta building was designed by Ellington and Weston and constructed in 1926 as a lodge headquarters and hotel for the Knights of Pythias. The first and second floors are finished in smooth ashlar and a decorative string of red and ...
The Grand Lodge of Michigan appears to have met at 535 Frederick Street during this time; in 1943 the Prince Hall Masons of Detroit purchased a building at 275 East Ferry Street, in what is now the East Ferry Avenue Historic District, to use as a meeting hall. The move to the Gratiot Avenue building, though, reflected the sophistication of ...
Since 1926, the Regular Communication meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday Monthly at 7:00 PM (except when dark during July and August), [7] in the Greek Ionic Lodge room, located on the 5th floor Center (5C) of the Ritual Tower in the Detroit Masonic Temple, the world's largest Masonic Temple, [8] at 210 feet tall, 1,037 rooms, and 550,000 ...
The 14-story Detroit Temple is the largest Masonic Temple in the world, boasting a 4,404-seat theater, a 1,586-seat Scottish Rite Cathedral, a 17,500-square-foot (1,630 m 2) drill hall, and two ballrooms—one of which measures 17,264 square feet (1,603.9 m 2) and holds up to 1,000. It was constructed in 1922. 31
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Detroit Yacht Club (1923) 1 Riverbank Road. Detroit Masonic Temple (1926) 500 Temple. Gem Theatre (1927) Moved from 62 Columbia to 353 Madison in 1997. Central Woodward Christian Church (1928) 9000 Woodward Avenue. Detroit College of Law Building (1937) 130 East Elizabeth. Demolished in 1990s
Bankers Trust Company Building, Detroit; Beaubien House; Belcrest Apartments (Detroit) Belle Isle Park; Bernard Ginsburg House; Temple Beth El (Detroit) Bethel Community Transformation Center; Bonstelle Theatre; Westin Book Cadillac Hotel; Book Tower; Boston–Edison Historic District; Broadway Avenue Historic District (Detroit) Brush Park ...