Detroit Masonic Temple

TOUR BEGINS
4th Floor West - Temple Library-Museum - 4th Floor West
Signing of the Register, Detroit Masonic Temple books, Temple perspective, Symbolic Lodge Rooms, Temple landmark dates - 1895, 1920, 1926, 1951

4th Floor West - Egyptiain Lodge Room
Origin of Masonry, Symbols, Pyramids
Libraries, Terra Cotta colours, Ceremonial Rituals, Cedars of Lebanon, 3/5/7 Pyramid Chamber staricases, open ceilings of desert lodges, the art of mathematics, applied mathematics and technology to Pyramid blocks

4th Floor Center - Corinthian Lodge Room
Detailed columns, flutes, volutes, cornices, Province of Corinth, trade wealth, German wood carvers, post/lintel construction, 1895 Temple woodwork, built-in arc lamp projector window, carved details of Senior Warden's station, 3/5/7 wooden staircase, Balcony lodge view, balanced acoustics in a rectangular room, Masters carved chair, the raising of William Clay Ford and Benson Ford

3rd Floor Center - Commandery Asylum
Knight Templars 960 A.D. - Scotland, King's Crusades, Tower of London, stone floor plan footprint, full sideline balcony, 64 ft. ceiling height, contolled lighting effects, cut stone block flooring, Commandery No. 1 Drill Unit, Drill Hall design features

2nd Floor West - Greek Doric Chapter Lodge
Royal Arch Masons, columns = support + stored Masonic secrets, City of Athens 5th Century motiff, recent Mediterrian colours, home of Palestine Chapter No. 159

Parducci's Gothic Revival Main Lobby

Parcucci, main lobby artist, designed Great Masonic Plaque, TRUTH, STRENGTH, CHARITY, Thomas Lorenzo, Head Masonic Temple artist & contractor, King Solomon Chantilleer, revolving brass inscripted doorway, 1927 Masonic elevator doors, Gothic interior windows, mezzanine 1/2 floor design, French Monks - Keeper of the Swords, Cass Park vista, carved limestone fascade with Masonic symbolism, Scottish Rite, Auditorium, Shrine entrances

60" TOUR ENDS - Evaluation

The Lesser Stone Hammer Tour
Karl W. Grube, Ph.D., DMT Architectural Tour Guide