This imposing building dominates the east side of downtown Muncie with its large mass and Tudor-Gothic style. The brick and limestone exterior of the building illustrates many typical features of the style, including a central pavilion with turrets based on gate houses of English Tudor palaces, dripstone moldings, ogee arches, and an oriel window. At the top of the central pavilion is a crenellated battlement bearing the Masonic symbol. The interiors of the structure are quite elaborate: the main vestibule is enriched with painted murals and a coffered ceiling, the 1320-seat auditorium boasts a 1200-pound chandelier of hand-cut Bohemian glass, the Blue Lodge Room contains classical murals of Old Testament scenes of Masonic significance, and the grand Commandery displays Ionic pilasters and richly colored and patterned Egyptian-style wall coverings.
Designed by Cuno Kibele and C. Wave Garrard, two leading local architects, the Masonic Temple is reputed to be the largest York Rite Masonic Temple in the world. It was the third structure built for the Delaware Lodge 4 of Free and Accepted Masons since their establishment in 1842. Construction began in 1920 and was completed six years later, with a total cost of approximately one million dollars, a substantial part of which was contributed by the five Ball Brothers. A bronze plaque in tribute to the brothers donation is found in the vestibule of the auditorium, on the west side of the temple.