Last year, I wrote about the pending demolition of the Masonic Temple in Downtown Hammond. Seems like it never came to pass. The reason. Some wanted the highly decorated fresco preserved before the building would be torn down.

Finally, an agreement was reached that would save the artwork. Where it will go, once saved is anybodies guess, but I am glad it will be saved.

Maybe the Hammond Public Library will save it like it did to the old Goldblatts Clock that now hangs over the stairs in the library. Maybe the Jean Sheppard center could find a place for it. Or the Visitors Center off the expressway.

Anyway, it’s a valuable piece of Hammond’s past and I’m sure it will be saved and put in an appropriate place for all of us to enjoy, long after the rest of the building is torn down, later this year.