| The House of the Temple | |
|---|---|
 House of the Temple in 2008 | |
  Location within Washington, D.C. | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | American Neoclassicism |
| Address | 1733 16th St NW |
| Town or city | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°54′50″N 77°02′09″W / 38.9138°N 77.0359°W |
| Construction started | October 18, 1911 |
| Completed | October 18, 1915 |
| Client | Scottish Rite of Freemasonry |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Russell Pope |
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.
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.
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.[1]