Masonic Temple (Port Hope, Michigan)

Masonic Temple
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	4425 Main St., Port Hope, Michigan
Coordinates:	43°56′28″N 82°42′48″W / 43.94111°N 82.71333°W / 43.94111; -82.71333Coordinates: 43°56′28″N 82°42′48″W / 43.94111°N 82.71333°W / 43.94111; -82.71333
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	1867
Architectural style:	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Port Hope MPS
NRHP Reference#:	87001962[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 20, 1987

The Masonic Temple in Port Hope, Michigan is a building from 1867. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

The building has served as the main social and public building of Port Hope. Its architecture is vernacular, with a "smattering" of Greek Revival/Classical Revival elements.^[2]

The building eventually became the Rubicon Township Hall. Its 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).^[3]:10

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Masonic Temple". State of Michigan(?). http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/6239.htm. 
3. ^ "Port Hope MPS". http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500273.pdf.