I visited recently was the Farmington Masonic Temple in downtown Farmington, Michigan. The building is located in the historic district of the city along with many other landmarks including the cities first post office, the first quaker meetings, cemeteries and houses. The Farmington Masonic Temple and Farmington Township Hall was built in 1876 and served as the home to the Township Government until 1963. The Masonic Lodge still occupies the buildings top floor while the first floor is used today for dances, banquets and other festitivies.
One thing I found quite interesting about the architecture and design of the building is that above all of the windows there are various symbols displayed all around the building. I have heard that the Freemasons put symbols into everything they do and that they do everything with a specific meaning behind it, that may only be a secret to them.
After reading about this historic landmark and visiting the site to take pictures, I thought about what kinds of questions a visitor and a historian may ask if they were to visit this landmark.
Some questions I thought a visitor might want to know the answers to were:
- How old is the building?
- What is the building used for?
- What is a Masonic temple?
- What do the symbols on the ouside of the building mean?
Some questions I thought a historian be interested in were:
- Why was the building made into a historic landmark?
- What about its past and/or current use is the public interested in today?
- What is the importance of the building?
- What was the building used for in the past?
- What is the building being used for now?
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