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House of the Temple

AC with 0 elementsClubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.Dupont CircleHistoric district contributing properties in Washington, D.C.History museums in Washington, D.C.
John Russell Pope buildingsMasonic buildings completed in 1915Masonic buildings in Washington, D.C.Masonic museums in the United StatesNeoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C.Public libraries in Washington, D.C.
House of the Temple
House of the Temple

The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., United States that serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. (officially, Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A.) Designed by John Russell Pope, it stands at 1733 16th Street, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, about one mile directly north of the White House. The full name of the Supreme Council is "The Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors General Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-third degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America." It was modeled after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus. It contains multiple museum rooms devoted to various subject matters which change on a rotating basis. The Temple also holds a permanent large collection of materials related to Scottish poet and Freemason Robert Burns, one of the world’s largest, in its library holdings, which Library was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

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House of the Temple
16th Street Northwest, Washington Dupont Circle

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16th Street Northwest 1733
20012 Washington, Dupont Circle
District of Columbia, United States
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