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Masonic Temple - Old Photos Interior (West Tower)

Fountain Ballroom; ca 1928

Lobby Ladies Parlor and Crystal Ball Room

Kitchen; ca 1928

Grecian-Ionic Room

Commandery Parlor, South-End; ca. 1928

Kitchen - Fountain Ball Room; ca. 1928

Illuminated Fountain inside the Fountain Ball Room; ca. 1928

Inside the Chrystal Ballroom; ca 1928

Crystal chandeliers in Crystal ballroom; ca. 1928

Crystal ballroom; ca 1928

Inside the Commandery Parlor; ca 1928

Inside the Commandery Parlor; ca 1928

Consistory Reception Parlor; ca 1928

Business-Office-Consistory_ca1928

Office; ca. 1928

Doric-Lodge Nr. 6; ca 1928

Chapter Room; ca 1928

Tudor-Lodge Nr. 1; ca 1928

Roman Ionic Lodge; ca 1928

Roman Ionic Lodge; ca 1928

Tudor-Lodge; ca 1928

Grecian-Ionic Nr. 5; ca 1928

Grecian-Ionic Nr. 5; ca 1928

Roman Ionic Lodge-Nr. 4; ca 1928

Egyptian Lodge Nr. 2; ca 1928

Romanesque Lodge; ca 1928

Romanesque Lodge; ca 1928

Egyptian Lodge Nr. 2; ca 1928

Tudor-Lodge; ca 1928

Corinthian-Lodge Nr. 3; ca. 1928

Corinthian-Lodge Nr. 3; ca. 1928

Egyptian Lodge; ca. 1928

Corinthian-Lodge-Nr-3; ca. 1928

Corinthian-Lodge-Nr-3; ca. 1928

Egyptian Lodge Nr. 2, East end; ca 1928

Basement Mezzanine; ca 1928

Main Entrance Lobby; ca 1928

Main Entrance Lobby; ca 1928

Consistory Lounge first floor; ca 1928

Main Entrance Lobby; ca 1928

Lounge Lobby Consistory; ca 1928

Consistory-Lounge-2nd-floor; ca. 1928

Main Entrance Lobby; ca. 1928

Entrance-Lobby Floor Plate; ca1928

Bay-in-Consistory-Lobby_ca1928

The Building Committee of the Masonic Temple Association of Detroit, Michigan, in the act of signing the contract for the construction of the new Temple, corner of Second Boulevard and Temple Avenue, October 10, 1921; (Jesse D. Stoddard, Lewis G. Gorton, George D. Mason, Architect, Frank E. Fisher, Fred A. Cook, Wm. Van Sickle, Joseph S. Stringham, W. G. Russell, steel contractor)

Lobby for Chapter Room; ca. 1928

Commandery Palor, Entrance to Asylum; ca1928

Commandery Asylum; ca. 1928

Commandery Organ; ca. 1928

Commandery Asylum of the Masonic Temple, with high vaulted ceiling.

Knights-Templar-Commandery; ca 1928

Main Auditorium; ca. 1928

Auditorium; ca. 1928

Main Auditorium; ca. 1928

Main Auditorium; ca. 1928

Main Auditorium; ca. 1928

Drill Hall; ca 1928

Drill Hall; ca 1928

Engine-Room; ca 1928

Consistory Auditorium; ca. 1928

Consistory Auditorium; ca. 1928

Consistory Auditorium; ca. 1928

Consistory Auditorium; ca. 1928

Consistory Auditorium; ca. 1928

Commandery Parlor; ca 1928

Consistory-Board-Room; ca 1928

Entrance-Lobby; ca 1928

The lobby

The Masonic in 1935

Doors to an auditorium