BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Dupont Circle -- Scottish Rite Temple -- House of the Temple (1733 16th St NW)

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SCOTHT_160414_078.JPG: Egyptian Block Statue by the Orient of Maryland "Dedicated to the teaching of wisdom to those men working to make a strong nation"
2. SCOTHT_160414_097.JPG: C. Fred Kleinknecht, 33 degree Grand Secretary General 1967-1985 Sovereign Grand Commander 1985-2003 Artist: Robert Bruce Williams
3. SCOTHT_160414_107.JPG: Albert Pike, 33 degree
4. SCOTHT_160414_158.JPG: Salve Frater [Translates as "Hello Brother"]
5. SCOTHT_160414_253.JPG: "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." -- Albert Pike
6. SCOTHT_160414_274.JPG: Albert Pike 1809-1891
7. SCOTHT_160414_282.JPG: Albert Pike From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Pike (December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. Albert Pike is the only Confederate military officer with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C. Early life Pike was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ben and Sarah (Andrews) Pike, and spent his childhood in Byfield and Newburyport, Massachusetts. His colonial ancestors settled the area in 1635, and included John Pike (1613–1688/1689), the founder of Woodbridge, New Jersey. He attended school in Newburyport and Framingham until he was 15. In August 1825, he passed entrance exams at Harvard University, though when the college requested payment of tuition fees for the first two years he chose not to attend. He began a program of self-education, later becoming a schoolteacher in Gloucester, North Bedford, Fairhaven and Newburyport. Pike was an imposing figure; six feet tall and 300 pounds with hair that reached his shoulders and a long beard. In 1831, he left Massachusetts to travel west, first stopping in Nashville, Tennessee and later moving on to St. Louis, Missouri. There he joined an expedition to Taos, New Mexico, hunting and trading. During the excursion his horse broke and ran, forcing Pike to walk the remaining 500 miles to Taos. After this he joined a trapping expedition to the Llano Estacado in New Mexico and Texas. Trapping was minimal and, after traveling about 1,300 miles (650 on foot), he finally arrived at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Journalist and lawyer Settling in Arkansas in 1833, Pike taught in a school and wrote a series of articles for the Little Rock Arkansas Advocate under the pen name of "Casca." The articles were popular enough that he was asked to join the newspaper's staff. After marrying Mary Ann Hamilton in 1834, he purchased the newspaper. Under Pike's administration the Advocate promoted the viewpoint of the Whig Party in a politically volatile and divided Arkansas December 1832. He was the first reporter for the Arkansas Supreme Court and also wrote a book (published anonymously), titled The Arkansas Form Book, which was a guidebook for lawyers. Pike then began to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, selling the Advocate the same year. He also made several contacts among the Native American tribes in the area. He specialized in claims on behalf of Native Americans against the federal government. In 1852 he represented Creek Nation before the Supreme Court in a claim regarding ceded tribal land. In 1854 he advocated for the Choctaw and Chickasaw although compensation later awarded to the tribes in 1856 and 1857 was insufficient. These relationships were to influence the course of his Civil War service. Additionally, Pike wrote on several legal subjects and continued producing poetry, a hobby he had begun in his youth in Massachusetts. His poems were highly regarded in his day, but are now mostly forgotten. Several volumes of his works were privately published posthumously by his daughter. In 1859, he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Harvard. Military career Mexican-American War When the Mexican–American War started, Pike joined the Regiment of Arkansas Mounted Volunteers (a cavalry regiment) and was commissioned as a troop commander with the rank of captain in June 1846. With his regiment, he fought in the Battle of Buena Vista. Pike was discharged in June 1847. He and his commander, Colonel John Selden Roane, had several differences of opinion. This situation led finally to an "inconclusive" duel between Pike and Roane on July 29, 1847 near Fort Smith, Arkansas. Although several shots were fired in the duel, nobody was injured, and the two were persuaded by their seconds to discontinue it. After the war, Pike returned to the practice of law, moving to New Orleans for a time beginning in 1853. He wrote another book, Maxims of the Roman Law and some of the Ancient French Law, as Expounded and Applied in Doctrine and Jurisprudence. Although unpublished, this book increased his reputation among his associates in law. He returned to Arkansas in 1857, gaining some amount of prominence in the legal field and becoming an advocate of slavery, although retaining his affiliation with the Whig Party. In 1847 Pike became disillusioned when the Whig Party refused to take a stand on slavery. At the Southern Commercial Convention of 1854, Pike said the South should remain in the Union and seek equality with the North, but if the South "were forced into an inferior status, she would be better out of the Union than in it." His anti-Catholicism stand led him to join the Know Nothing movement when it was organized in 1856, but was again disappointed when it refused to adopt a strong pro-slavery platform. He joined the other Southern delegates and walked out of the convention. His stand was that state's rights superseded national law and supported the idea of a Southern secession. This stand is made clear in his pamphlet of 1861, "State or Province, Bond or Free?" Civil War In 1861 Pike penned the lyrics to Dixie to Arms!. At the beginning of the war, Pike was appointed as Confederate envoy to the Native Americans. In this capacity he negotiated several treaties, one of the most important being with Cherokee chief John Ross, which was concluded in 1861. Pike was commissioned as a brigadier general on November 22, 1861, and given a command in the Indian Territory. With Gen. Ben McCulloch, Pike trained three Confederate regiments of Indian cavalry, most of whom belonged to the "civilized tribes", whose loyalty to the Confederacy was variable. Although initially victorious at the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in March 1862, Pike's unit was defeated later in a counterattack, after falling into disarray. When Pike was ordered to send troops to Arkansas in May 1862, he resigned in protest. As in the previous war, Pike came into conflict with his superior officers, at one time drafting a letter to Jefferson Davis complaining about his direct superior. After Pea Ridge, Pike was faced with charges that his troops had scalped soldiers in the field. Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman also charged Pike with mishandling of money and material, ordering his arrest. Both these charges were later found to be considerably lacking in evidence; nevertheless Pike, facing arrest, escaped into the hills of Arkansas, sending his resignation from the Confederate Army on July 12. He was at length arrested on November 3 under charges of insubordination and treason, and held briefly in Warren, Texas, but his resignation was accepted on November 11 and he was allowed to return to Arkansas. Freemasonry Pike first joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1840, and he had then joined a Masonic Lodge, where he became extremely active in the affairs of the organization, being elected Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction in 1859. He remained Sovereign Grand Commander for the remainder of his life (a total of thirty-two years), devoting a large amount of his time to developing the rituals of the order. Notably, he published a book called Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in 1871, of which there were several subsequent editions. Pike stated that half of the text was copied from other works, but did not indicate his sources. Pike is still regarded in America as an eminent and influential Freemason, primarily in the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction. Death and legacy Pike died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 81, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. Burial was against his wishes; he had left instructions for his body to be cremated. In 1944, his remains were moved to the House of the Temple, headquarters of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite. A memorial to Pike is located in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Albert Pike Memorial Temple is a historic Masonic lodge in Little Rock, Arkansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
8. SCOTHT_160414_286.JPG: Know Thyself Tiler's Chair by the Orient of the District of Columbia
9. SCOTHT_160414_296.JPG: Dev mevmqve jvs -- Amen ["God and my rights -- Amen"]
10. SCOTHT_160414_368.JPG: Original brass knocker from the door of the Supreme Council chamber in Charleston, South Carolina.
11. SCOTHT_160414_395.JPG: John Henry Cowles Born August 22, 1863 Died June 18, 1954 Sovereign Grand Commander 1921-1952
12. SCOTHT_160414_405.JPG: Albert Pike Born December 29, 1809 Died April 2, 1891 Sovereign Grand Commander 1859-1891 "He has lived. The fruits of his labors live after him."
13. SCOTHT_160414_421.JPG: George Washington's Inauguration as the 1st President of the United States, Apr. 30, 1789
14. SCOTHT_160414_430.JPG: George Washington Laying the Cornerstone of the United States Capitol, Sept. 18, 1793
15. SCOTHT_160414_480.JPG: Hand stitched American Flag created by prisoners of war in Japan during World War II. Lt. Colonel Richard C. Delsi, 33 degree, with the US Eighth Army, recovered the flag in 1945 when he was a first sergeant. His unit was ordered to collect Japanese military and Allied prisoner of war items and destroy them. All packs, pouches and pockets were searched. The procedure at the time was to burn all unservicable US flags privately and with dignity. Sergeant Delsi found the flag hidden in a secret pocket. Although ordered to burn all unserviceable US flags, Delsi knew he could not destroy it as required.
16. SCOTHT_160414_485.JPG: Revolutionary Flag
17. SCOTHT_160414_494.JPG: This Flag was carried by Brother Edwin E. Aldrin Jr, Ph.D., 33 degree, during his walk on the moon. Prior to joining NASA, Aldrin flew 66 combat missions in F-86s while on duty in Korea.
18. SCOTHT_160414_531.JPG: William Frederick Cody, "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917), famous pony express rider, scout, plainsman and showman. He was raised in Platte Valley Lodge No. 32, North Platte, Nebraska in 1871.
19. SCOTHT_160414_533.JPG: Walter P. Chrysler (1875-1940), motor car manufacturer. His career in the motor industry began with Buick in 1912, but he went on to set up his own corporation. He received the 32 degree in Salina, Kansas on October 11, 1900.
20. SCOTHT_160414_535.JPG: George M. Pullman (1831-1897), inventor and founder of the Pullman Palace Car Co. He devised dining cars in 1868, chair cars in 1875, and vestibule cars in 1887. He was a member of Renovation Lodge No. 97, Albion, New York.
21. SCOTHT_160414_537.JPG: Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate Major General of the Civil War who gained the sobriquet "Stonewall" by his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run. He served as General Robert E. Lee's most trusted subordinate during many famous battles of the Civil War. He was killed in action in 1863.
22. SCOTHT_160414_540.JPG: Sam Houston (1793-1863), American patriot and political leader who was governor of Tennessee, president of the republic of Texas, and governor of Texas. He received his degrees in Cumberland Lodge No. 8, Nashville, Tennessee in 1817. He affiliated with Holland Lodge No. 1 of Texas, and on December 20, 1837, he presided over the meeting that established the Grand Lodge of Texas.
23. SCOTHT_160414_543.JPG: John James Audobon (1785-1851), American ornithologist and artist known for his imposing works in full color of Birds of America.
24. SCOTHT_160414_547.JPG: The stone was removed from the walls of the White House during its restoration and rebuilding. It contains Masonic engravings and was donated by President Truman to the Supreme Council, 33 degree, SJ, on November 22, 1952.
25. SCOTHT_160414_551.JPG: Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. While a student at Princeton, he became a charter member of St. John's Lodge in Princeton, NJ in 1765.
26. SCOTHT_160414_553.JPG: Zebulon Pike (1779-1813), discovered Pike's Peak in Colorado and was a Brigadier General in the War of 1812.
27. SCOTHT_160414_557.JPG: Audie Murphy, 33 degree 1924-1971 Most Decorated Hero of World War II US Medal of Honor Recipient Hollywood Film Star
28. SCOTHT_160414_564.JPG: Albert Pike Room
29. SCOTHT_160414_571.JPG: Explorer In 1831, at age 21, Pike looked for new opportunities. For the next year and a hlaf, he traveled from Albany, Rochester, and Buffalo in New York, to Cleveland, Tennessee, Paducah, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Missouri -- virtually the western edge of the United States at the time. In St. Louis, he joined a trading party bound for Taos, New Mexico formed by the famed trader and explorer, Charles Bent. The trip was a disaster. One of Pike's horses bolted early in the trip and was never found. Wolves in a snowstorm killed another. Pike was forced to make more than 500 miles of the journey on foot. Caught in some of the worst blizzards in the history of the area, the party suffered terribly and nearly starved. After nine months on the trail, Pike reached Taos in late November 1831. he wrote on the journey and later published a collection of short stories, poem, and essays, titled Prose Sketches Written in the Western Country, about the harrowing trip.
30. SCOTHT_160414_574.JPG: Childhood and Youth Albert Pike was born in Boston, MA, December 29, 1809, to Benjamin and Sarah Andrew Pike. At 16, he moved to Newburyport, MA to live and study with his uncle, a professor at Farmington Academy. Pike studied Latin, Greek, mathematics, and philosophy. Within 8 months, Pike tested for entrance to Harvard. He "tested out" of the first two years, thus he could start as a junior. Howeve,r Harvard insisted that he pay those two years' tuition before entrance. Pike, unable to afford the $200, never attended. Ironically, later, Harvard offered to confer an honorary advanced degree upon him in recognition of his achievements. From 1826-1831, young Pike became well known in Newburyport as a teacher of Latin, Greek, Algebra, and higher mathematics. He even opened a school in a room of Newburyport's Masonic Temple. Pike also acquired a reputation throughout the region as an essayist and poet. Humorous essays (i.e. "The Philosophy of a Cigar") as well as poems were published in literary periodicals, most notably Blackwood's Magazine. His book Hymns to the Gods and Other Poems received high praise from a leading literary critic of the day.
31. SCOTHT_160414_575.JPG: A Giant Life "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains, and is immortal." -- Albert Pike More than any other individual, Albert Pike made the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry what it is today. This giant of a man was the first Anglo writer to chronicle New Mexico, a fighter for social and economic reform, a famous orator of the South, and advocate of the rights of Native Americans, the legal scholar who recodified the laws of Arkansas when it became a state, a general in the Civil War, and a writer of fiery newspaper editorials. During his long life, he fought in the hills of Texas, in the halls of Congress, before the Supreme Court, and in the public press. But he was most happy among his books, where he studied comparative religion and pondered the future of man. He rewrote and restructured the rituals, which teach the lessons of the Scottish Rite, attracted men of the highest quality to join, and set the Rite on a course to the future.
32. SCOTHT_160414_580.JPG: Last Years In his later years, Pike was often confined to his room in the old House of the Temple, at 3rd and E Streets, NW, in Washington DC. His daughter, Lilian, cared for him in his old age, since his wife, Mary, had died in Little Rock after a long mental illness, now thought to have been schizophrenia. Mary had never been a part of his travels or his life in Washington. Pike's mind remained sharp and active to the last. He died, at age 81, on April 2, 1891. Before his passing, he said: "When I am dead, I wish my monument to be builded only in the hearts and memories of my Brethren of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and my name to be remembered by them in every country, no matter what language men speak there, where the light of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite shall shine, and its oracles of truth and wisdom be reverently listened to." And so, in work, his work and thought live on.
33. SCOTHT_160414_602.JPG: Vinnie Ream: Pike formed a friendship with the renowned sculptress Vinnie Ream, whose most famous statue was a 6'11" marble rendering of Abraham Lincoln, commissioned by Congress in 1870 for display in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. Pike greatly enjoyed spending time with Vinnie, talking and sharing ideas, over the last 10 years of his life. When Vinnie subsequently married, her husband became as much a son to Pike as Vinnie was his daughter. He wrote many essays to Vinnie at her request and would read them to her during weekly visits. These essays are filled with recollections of his long life and on his personal philosophy.
34. SCOTHT_160414_605.JPG: Death Mask of Albert Pike
35. SCOTHT_160414_615.JPG: Freemason In August 1850, Albert Pike was raised Master Mason in Western Star Lodge No. 2, Little Rock, AR. On March 20, 1853, in Charleston, SC, he received the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Degrees, 4th through 32nd, from Albert G. Mackey. In 1857, he received the 33rd Degree in New Orleans. When Pike joined, Scottish Rite membership in the US was less than 1,000 and "its degrees were fragmentary, its organizational activity desultory, its influence slight." Pike changed this. He revised the Scottish Rite rituals into a coherent and related series of Masonic lessons; improved the quality and effectiveness of the Masonic Law of the Rite; and traveled throughout the Jurisdiction to encourage high standards in all standards in all aspects of the Rite. Through his reputation and personality (he was a man of charm and scholarship), he attracted members of high caliber to lead the Orients. Pike laid the foundation for the Southern Jurisdiction, USA, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite today. Further, he influenced the Scottish Rite worldwide. Pike was, as many writers have mentioned, "quite simply the best-known and most influential Mason in the world."
36. SCOTHT_160414_623.JPG: Albert Pike's library in the former House of the Temple in Washington DC, located at 433 Third Street, NW, late 1880s.
37. SCOTHT_160414_625.JPG: Albert Pike's chess set pieces
38. SCOTHT_160414_628.JPG: Brigadier General / Commissioner of Indian Affairs: During his western exploration and time in Little Rock, Pike made friendships with Native Americans in Indian Territory. In summer, he hunted and camped with them. When the Civil War began, the Confederacy created a Bureau of Indian Affairs and appointed Pike Commissioner. On November 22, 1861, Pike (a successful captain in the Mexican War) was commissioned brigadier general and assigned to command the tribes in the territory west of Arkansas and north of Texas. Pike was promised that North American troops would only fight in Indian Territory to protect it from Union forces. But during the war, he was ordered into battle at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. The battle took place on March 7-8, 1862. The South lost the battle and Pike's Indians were accused of atrocities. Subsequent Courts of Inquiry by the North and South proved the charges unfounded, but the northern press painted the horrors of the battle in glowing detail, and Pike suddenly found "himself the most hated man in the South." Because the government did not honor the treaties made with the tribes, Pike felt it was a personal dishonor. Consequently, he resigned his commission in June 1862.
39. SCOTHT_160414_631.JPG: In commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Albert Pike 33 degree, Dec. 29, 1909
40. SCOTHT_160414_636.JPG: "Education is the greatest, yea, the only safeguard of liberty. When was there ever a country where the common people were uniformly uneducated, in which they were not slaves? ... A community of ignorant and uneducated men is not capable of self-government..."
41. SCOTHT_160414_638.JPG: Lawyer Records indicate that of the 71 cases argued before the Supreme Court of Arkansas from 1837-1839, Pike participated in 23. With his law practice embracing every kind of legal work, Pike was active in nearly a third of all cases before the court in the decade between 1837-1846. In 1851, at age 41, Pike left Little Rock and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, to establish a law practice specializing in civil law. By early 1855, he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and other courts of Louisiana. Pike made his primary residence in Louisiana, while his wife and family remained in Little Rock, where he also retained a legal practice. In New Orleans he did much of his work on his massive study Maxims of the Roman Law, which was completed in 1876.
42. SCOTHT_160414_640.JPG: School Teacher / Journalist / Husband / Father: In 1833, at 23, Pike was teaching school in Little Piney, Arkansas, paid "half in cash and half in hogs." He was finishing Prose Sketches and had contributed material to the Advocate, a Little Rock newspaper. He moved to Little Rock and became assistant editor of the paper, began studying law, and, in August 1834, was tested for the Bar. He passed for license by Judge Lacey, who remarked that "after all, it warn't like a license to practice medicine -- ye caint kill anybody." In 1834, Pike was elected assistant secretary to the upper house of the Arkansas Assembly. He also practiced law and wrote for the Advocate. Also in 1834, Judge Lacey introduced him to Mary Ann Hamilton, whom we wed on October 1. Pike built a large home in Little Rock situated on an entire square block. All of their 10 children were born in Little Rock. Only two, Lilian and Yvon, survived him. January 1835, Pike bought the Advocate and joined a law partnership. He began an extensive public speaking career. Pike was becoming a key player in political, civic, and literary life of the Arkansas Territory.
43. SCOTHT_160414_649.JPG: Albert Pike's glass inkwell, quill pens, etc
44. SCOTHT_160414_656.JPG: Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, 33 degree President, The George Washington University
45. SCOTHT_160414_660.JPG: Burl Ives, 33 degree 1909-1995 Master Balladeer and Academy Award Winner Star of Records, Radio, Stage, Film, Television Humanitarian and Philanthropist
46. SCOTHT_160414_664.JPG: Robert J. Dole, 33 degree Decorated Veteran, World War II US Congressman and Senator from Kansas 1961-98 Majority and Minority Leader, US Senate Nominee for United States President, 1996 Humanitarian and Philanthropist
47. SCOTHT_160414_667.JPG: John Philip Sousa, 33 degree 1854-1932 America's "March King" 17th Director, US Marine Band, 1880-92
48. SCOTHT_160414_692.JPG: Cornerstone United States Capitol Reenactment October 23, 1993
49. SCOTHT_160414_694.JPG: Senate Bronze Doors The monumental bronze doors of the United States Senate were designed and modeled by Thomas Crawford in Rome, Italy, between 1855 and 1857. After Crawford's death in 1857, William H. Rinehart was commissioned to complete the work, and models were shipped to America in 1864. They were cast by James T. Ames at his foundry in Chicopee, Massachusetts, between 1864 and 1868, and mounted at the formal entrance to the United States Senate in late 1868. Each value (left or right section of a center-opening door) consists of a decorative panel at the top, three center panels depicting events in the life of George Washington and the Revolutionary War, and an allegorical medallion at the bottom. The upper narrative panel of the left valve (plaster cast of the original panel above) depicts President and Brother George Washington, a trowel in his right hand, laying the cornerstone of the United States Capitol with Masonic ceremonies on September 18, 1793.
50. SCOTHT_160414_696.JPG: U.S. Capitol Cornerstone Long Lost, Now Found? The mystery of the cornerstone of the Capitol may never be solved, but in 1993 workers dug through a basement hall floor to the first source of stone of the original House wing (red arrow above left). They discovered a large metagraywacke stone measuring 5'4" long, 22" deep, and 12 inches high (pictured above). No silver plate or silver residue from the original cornerstone's dedicatory plate were found. Nor is this stone located under the commemorative plaque (left) placed by Congress in 1893 over the spot where, by tradition, the Capitol cornerstone supposedly rested. Scholars differ as to the authenticity of this particular stone, but it is the best candidate so far, and given its unusual size, it fits the 1793 newspaper description of the cornerstone as a "large stone".
Wikipedia Description: House of the Temple
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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.

History

On May 31, 1911, 110 years after the founding of the Supreme Council, Grand Commander James D. Richardson broke ground on the spot where the House of the Temple now stands in Washington, D.C. Grand Master J. Claude Keiper, of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, laid the cornerstone in the northeast corner on October 18, 1911.

The temple was designed by architect John Russell Pope, who modeled it after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The building was dedicated four years later on October 18, 1915.

The building's design was widely praised by contemporary architects, and it won Pope the Gold Medal of the Architectural League of New York in 1917. In his 1920 book L'Architecture aux Etatis-Unis, French architect Jacques Gr�ber described it as "a monument of remarkable sumptuousness ... the ensemble is an admirable study of antique architecture stamped with a powerful dignity." Fiske Kimball's 1928 book American Architecture describes it as "an example of the triumph of classical form in America". In the 1920s, a panel of architects named it "one of the three best public buildings" in the United States, along with the Nebraska State Capitol and the Pan American Union Building in Washington, D.C. In 1932, it was ranked as one of the ten top buildings in the country in a poll of federal government architects.

Confederate general and former Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike was the author of an 1871 book called Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, a book that describes in detail the 33 degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, the stories and teachings associated with each rank, the rituals connected to each rank, and other lodge proceedings. In 1944, the remains of Albert Pike were removed from Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown and placed in the House of the Temple. The remains of Past Grand Commander John Henry Cowles were entombed in the temple in 1952, after his 31-year reign as Grand Commander. The Temple also holds one of the largest collections of materials related to Scottish poet and Freemason Robert Burns in its library, the first public library in Washington, D.C.

The House of the Temple is designated as a contributing property to the Sixteenth Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From 1990 to 2011, the temple hosted a community garden on its grounds. The Temple Garden occupied about 0.25-acre (1,000 m2), divided into about 70 small plots worked by nearby residents. In fall 2011, the Temple closed the garden in order to use the space to stage construction equipment for a rehabilitation project.
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