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: