[2] Located in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, at 500 Temple Street, the building serves as a home to various masonic organizations including the York Rite Sovereign College of North America.
[citation needed] The Detroit Masonic Temple was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style, using a great deal of limestone.
[citation needed] The original Masonic tenants following the dedication in 1926 included: Army & Navy Lodge No.
[8] In April 2013, the building was reported to be in foreclosure over $152,000 in back taxes owed to Wayne County.
In response, the Detroit Masonic Temple Association renamed its Scottish Rite cathedral the Jack White Theater.
In April 2022, after performing, White proposed to his partner Olivia Jean at the temple and later married her.
In between these areas are a 1,586-seat Scottish Rite Cathedral, and a 17,500-square-foot (1,630 m2) drill hall used for trade shows and conventions.
The building includes Royal Arch room, as well as a Commandery Asylum for the Knights Templar.
Detroit Masonic Temple was designed in the neo-gothic architectural style, and is faced with Indiana limestone.
[6] Much of the stone, plaster, and metal work in the interior of the building was designed and executed by architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci.
The three figures over the main entrance were by Leo Friedlander, while the rest of the considerable architectural sculpture on the exterior was by Bill Gehrke.