Masonic Temple (Port Hope, Michigan)

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Location4425 Main St., Port Hope, Michigan
Coordinates 43°56′28″N82°42′48″W / 43.94111°N 82.71333°W / 43.94111; -82.71333
Arealess than one acre
Built1867
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Port Hope MPS
NRHP reference No. 87001962 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1987

The Masonic Temple in Port Hope, Michigan is a fraternal lodge constructed in 1867. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] it is now used as the Rubicon Township Hall.

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History

The Port Hope Masonic Lodge No. 138 was chartered in 1863. Just four years later, in 1867, the Masons constructed this building with two meeting halls, the upper one exclusively for the use of the Masons and the lower one for hosting community events. Over the years, the building served as the main social and public building of Port Hope, hosting township elections as well as community suppers, band concerts, and school plays. [2] The building eventually became the Rubicon Township Hall. [3]

Description

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The Masonic Temple and Rubicon Township Hall is a narrow-, gable-fronted, two-story structure covered with clapboarded structure. Its architecture is vernacular, with a "smattering" of Greek Revival/Classical Revival elements, including narrow corner boards with stylized capitals. [3] An architrave and frieze bands, topped with box cornices, runs across the top of the building. A subsidiary cornice with dentils runs above the first floor. The entrance is through a square-head entryway, and the second-floor window are capped with fanlight-like caps. [2]

The building's gable-front, two-story design with simple Greek Revival elements may echo the design of an 1864 store that town founder Stafford built (but which was burned in 1902). [4] :10

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 R. O. Christensen (September 1987), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Masonic Temple
  3. 1 2 "Masonic Temple". State of Michigan(?). Archived from the original on May 17, 2012.
  4. "Port Hope MPS".