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General information Architectural style Gothic Revival Location Cass Park Historic District, Midtown Address 500 Temple St Detroit, MI 48201-2659 Ground breaking November 25, 1920 Opened February 22, 1926 Inaugurated November 25, 1926 Cost $6.5 million ($83 million in 2019 dollars USD Owner Masonic Temple Association of Detroit Technical details Floor count 16 Design and construction Architect George D. Mason Other information Seating capacity 4,650 (Masonic Theatre) 1,586 ( Theatre) 1,080 (Fountain Ballroom) 550 (Crystal Ballroom) 400 (The Chapel) Number of rooms 1,037

Located in the of Detroit, , at 500 Temple Street, the building serves as a home to various masonic organizations including the Sovereign College of North America. The building contains a variety of public spaces including three theatres, three ballrooms and banquet halls, and a 160 by 100 feet (49 m × 30 m) clear- span drill hall. Recreational facilities include a swimming pool, handball court, gymnasium, bowling alley, and a pool hall. The building includes numerous lodge rooms, offices, and dining spaces, as well as a hotel section. Although the hotel rooms are available to any noble of the mystic shrine or blue lodge mason, none is currently in usable condition. Architect George D. Mason designed the whole structure as well as the Masonic Temple Theatre, a venue for concerts, Broadway shows and other special events in the Detroit Theatre District. It contains a 55-by-100-foot (17 m × 30 m) stage, one of the largest in the country. The was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style, using a great deal of limestone. The ritual building features 16 floors, stands 210 feet (64 m) tall, with 1,037 rooms. It dominates the skyline in an area known as Cass Corridor, across Temple Street from Cass Park, and Cass Technical High School.

In April 2013, the building was reported to be in foreclosure over $152,000 in back taxes owed to Wayne County. The debt was paid off in May 2013, and in June 2013, it was revealed that $142,000 of the bill was footed by singer-songwriter Jack White, a Detroit native known for his work with The White Stripes. He wanted to help the temple in its time of need as they had helped his mother in a time of need: the temple gave her a job as an usher in the theatre when she was struggling to find work. In response, the Detroit Masonic Temple Association renamed its cathedral the Jack White Theatre.

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