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Just cropped and sharpened this. Otherwise, it's exactly what came out of the camera with some lucky timing.

Seen from the bluffs below the main street. I like the historic water towers next to (and on top of) the white building.

What is it? Found this on the web.

"The different styles of architecture are handsomely represented by pillars on the sides of the wall which seem to be sustaining the dome of the “starry heavens,” in which are represented two of the great lights of the Order. On the pinnacle of the dome there is a beautiful piece of sculpture carved from a block of the indigenous redwood. It represents the beautiful Masonic emblem, the broken pillar the maiden beside it, with the sprig in her hand, and old father Time toying with her tresses. The execution of the design is very perfect, and speaks volumes for the skill and ability of the workman who produced it. There it ever stands, visible to all who enter the town or pass through its streets, proclaiming in silent majesty, that grandest of all lessons which the teach­ings of this worthy fraternity seek to inculcate.”

From the book-

History of Mendocino County California – Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, 1880

From the Medocino city website:

The Masonic Hall in Mendocino was built over a century ago in 1866. The statue on top of this beautiful building was hand carved out of one piece of a giant Redwood trunk on Big River beach.