The windowless square brick building is rather unremarkable from the outside.
It sits on Turner Street, silently keeping watch over Gracelawn Cemetery.
"People drive by this building all the time and wonder what's in here," said Ken Richardson, secretary for the Rabonni Lodge and all of the Scottish Rite bodies. "It's not a secret. You can call and set up a tour at any time."
The members of the Masonic Temple are even tentatively setting up an annual public open house for October 15.
The temple was built in 1970 and dedicated in 1971, with a large portion of money from long time member J.H. Merrill.
There are few hypotheses about why the brick structure was built without windows.
"I think they were afraid of vandalism," speculated Richardson. "There was nothing out here in 1970."
Inside the temple, around 1,000 members meet on different nights in different halls.
more Sights unseen: Auburn's Masonic Temple | Sun Journal
It sits on Turner Street, silently keeping watch over Gracelawn Cemetery.
"People drive by this building all the time and wonder what's in here," said Ken Richardson, secretary for the Rabonni Lodge and all of the Scottish Rite bodies. "It's not a secret. You can call and set up a tour at any time."
The members of the Masonic Temple are even tentatively setting up an annual public open house for October 15.
The temple was built in 1970 and dedicated in 1971, with a large portion of money from long time member J.H. Merrill.
There are few hypotheses about why the brick structure was built without windows.
"I think they were afraid of vandalism," speculated Richardson. "There was nothing out here in 1970."
Inside the temple, around 1,000 members meet on different nights in different halls.
more Sights unseen: Auburn's Masonic Temple | Sun Journal