Investor Blake Thompson purchased the former Masonic temple in downtown St. Petersburg in 2017 and is still looking for an interesting tenant. Checkerboard flooring or ‘mosaic pavement’ at the ...

Investor Blake Thompson purchased the former Masonic temple in downtown St. Petersburg in 2017. Checkerboard flooring or "mosaic pavement" at the center of the room, shown here in 2019 ...

Emile Norman, a self-taught California artist whose best-known work was the massive and intricate glass mosaic window he created more than 50 years ago for a Masonic temple in San Francisco ...