This might be the one Masonic Temple secret we'll ever get to know.
The Masonic announced today that the anonymous donor who saved the temple from foreclosure with a surprise $142,000 donation was Detroit's own Jack White.
White is best known for being one half of the band The White Stripes, but also played with The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and released a solo album last year.
The often-mysterious White grew up in Southwest Detroit, and called the Motor City home until 2006.
Despite leaving town for Nashville, he's shown some affection for The Masonic Temple before. After playing his ninth show at the venue in 2012, he let slip that his mother worked as an usher there while he was a Cass Tech student.
According to The Free Press:
In announcing Jack White’s identity as the anonymous donor, Detroit Masonic Temple Association President Roger Sobran stated: “Jack’s donation could not have come at a better time and we are eternally grateful to him for it. Jack’s magnanimous generosity and unflinching loyalty to this historic building and his Detroit roots is appreciated beyond words.”
Sobran added: “In light of Jack’s generosity and belief in the importance of a strong, vital Temple that should and will be available to future generations of Detroiters, the Masonic Temple Association will be naming, in Jack’s honor, our Cathedral Theater, the ‘Jack White Theater.’”
