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House of the Temple in Washington, D.C., is the monumental headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry’s Southern Jurisdiction and also functions as a museum. Designed by John Russell Pope after the tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, it was begun in 1911 and dedicated in 1915. The building quickly won architectural praise, including Pope’s 1917 Gold Medal from the Architectural League of New York, and came to be regarded as one of the nation’s finest public buildings. It is also notable for its library and collections, including major Robert Burns holdings, and for serving as the entombment place of Albert Pike and John Henry Cowles.
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Washington, District of Columbia · United States
