Masonic Temple (Detroit)
The Masonic Temple Detroit is an event and ritual building of the Freemasons in downtown Detroit , Michigan . (Address: 500, Temple Street) It is considered the largest Masonic structure in the world.
The complex planned by architect George Mason in the style of historicism and built between 1920 and 1926 consists of several main parts. At one end is a 14-storey 64 meter high tower in the Gothic Revival style in which the Masonic lodges days in the region, at the other end of a ten-story mosque of the Shriners and in between several large halls: a 1,586 people comprehensive Cathedral of the Scottish Masonic ritual, a theater with 4404 seats and several large ball and multi-purpose rooms. Detroit's Masonic Temple was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 20 '30.1 " N , 83 ° 3' 37.2" W.