Temple maçonnique de Lille, Masonic temple in Vieux-Lille, France

The temple maçonnique de Lille occupies two adjoining buildings at 2 rue Thiers. Its red brick facade has a blind upper section with a geometric frieze and, below, a loggia of four Doric columns on a blue stone base. Above the loggia a large relief shows a sphinx, a pyramid, a golden sun and a woman holding a hand mirror. Inside, a wooden staircase leads to a 60-seat temple and the 120-seat temple Charles Debierre, whose six pairs of lotus columns and lunar discs follow Egyptian models.

The lodge "la Lumière du Nord" was founded in 1893 and elected Charles Debierre, holder of the anatomy chair at Lille's medical faculty, as its venerable master in 1899. In 1910 he and other members bought the two adjoining buildings at 2 rue Thiers, and the lodge member Albert Baert was put in charge of converting them. The temple was inaugurated on 5 July 1914; the facade, roof and the second-floor Temple Charles Debierre were listed as monuments historiques on 15 March 1988.

The lodge "la Lumière du Nord" was founded in 1893 and elected Charles Debierre, professor of anatomy at Lille's medical faculty, as venerable master in 1899. The building also houses the Cercle philosophique de la Métropole lilloise. The bas-relief above the loggia carries Masonic emblems: a sphinx for secrecy, a pyramid, a golden sun and a female figure holding a hand mirror, the light of the north.

The building sits on Rue Thiers in central Lille within the historic old town. Access is typically limited, but occasional guided tours or special open days allow visitors to view the interior spaces.

The building was seized and stripped of its furniture during the Second World War. After the conflict, Freemasons tried to buy the pieces back at auction houses but never recovered everything. The temple Charles Debierre, on the second floor, has been listed with the facade and roof since 15 March 1988.