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The House of the Temple (officially, Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A.) 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.
The United States Capitol cornerstone laying was the Freemasonry ceremonial placement of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol on September 18, 1793. The cornerstone was laid by president of the United States George Washington Leder of the Lodge of the Continental Army, assisted by the Grand Master of Maryland Joseph Clark, in a Masonic ritual.
The bronze sculpture of Pike measured 11 ft (3.4 m) high. It depicted him as a Masonic leader, not a Confederate officer. He was wearing a double-breasted vest and a long coat. His right arm was extended, and with the left hand, he held a book, thought to be his work Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
The 78,810-square-foot (7,322 m 2) Masonic temple is a Renaissance Revival style building. [2] The building was the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia. [1] It replaced an older building constructed in 1870 at 9th and F streets (which as of 2013 was still standing).
The whole system is transmitted to initiates through the medium of Masonic ritual, which consists of lectures and allegorical plays. [2] Common to all of Freemasonry is the three grade system of Craft or Blue Lodge freemasonry, whose allegory is centred on the building of the Temple of Solomon, and the story of the chief architect, Hiram Abiff. [3]
The Almas Temple is a Masonic building facing Franklin Square at 1315 K St NW in Washington, D.C. It houses Almas Shrine, a sub-group for Shriner's International whose headquarters is located in Tampa, Florida. The edifice is in the Moorish architectural style and features an elaborate, multicolored terra-cotta façade. It was constructed in ...
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Former Masonic lodge building in Monrovia, 2006 The renovation of Liberia's Grand Masonic Temple was completed in 2018. Monrovia - During the First Liberian Civil War, the Grand Masonic Temple in Monrovia was the scene of many battles. [37] and its ruins became home to 8000 squatters. [38]