SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE

The Headquarters of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rites of Freemasonry was modeled after descriptions

of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

The masonic temple faces west at 1733 16th Street, thirteen blocks north of the White House.

The southern sphinx (on the right in the picture):

The northern sphinx:

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