Masonic Temple

The original one-story structure was built in 1906 and owned by the Tanana Commercial Company. The Masons bought the building in 1908, built the rear addition and added the second story for lodge rooms and the main hall. The false front, part of a 1916 "fix over", was the perfect setting when President Harding addressed Fairbanks in 1923. This building sits on a lot that was once part of E.T. Barnette's trading post which stretched from Cushman to Cowles St. and from 1st to 3rd Ave. The Barnette home was on the lot to the right until 1959.