House of the Temple
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Temple
- Description: masonic temple in Washington D.C.
- Address: 1733 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009
Photo: Kate Mereand, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Universalist National Memorial Church and Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C..
Universalist National Memorial Church
Place of worship
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Universalist National Memorial Church is a Unitarian Universalist church located at 1810 16th Street, Northwest in the Dupont Circle vicinage of Washington, D.C. Theologically, the church describes itself as "both liberal Christian and Universalist". Universalist National Memorial Church is situated 400 feet northwest of House of the Temple.
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C.
Community center
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The Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C. is an American Jewish Community Center located in the historic district of Dupont Circle. It serves the Washington, D.C. area through religious, cultural, educational, social, and sport center programs open to the public, although many programs are strongly linked to Jewish culture, both in the United States and in Israel. Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, D.C. is situated 1,000 feet south of House of the Temple.
The Oval Office
Government office
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The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the White House in Washington, D.C. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing. The Oval Office is situated 1¼ miles south of House of the Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dupont Circle and Logan Circle.
Dupont Circle
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Dupont Circle is an affluent historic neighborhood in Washington D.C. It is known for its beautiful Victorian homes, walkability, and has offices, civic institutions, hotels, night clubs, bars, cafes, art galleries, and shops.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
Adams Morgan
Neighborhood
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.
House of the Temple
- Categories: Masonic temple, museum, building, and religion
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91371° or 38° 54′ 49″ northLongitude
-77.03583° or 77° 2′ 9″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
87C4WX77+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 67086344OpenStreetMap feature
building=temple
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“House of the Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣殿堂”
- Dutch: “House of the Temple”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيت المعبد”
- Esperanto: “Domo de la Templo”
- Finnish: “House of the Temple”
- French: “House of the Temple”
- German: “House of the Temple”
- Hebrew: “בית ההיכל”
- Hebrew: “בית המקדש”
- Indonesian: “House of the Temple”
- Italian: “House of the Temple”
- Italian: “Tempio del Rito Scozzese”
- Russian: “House of the Temple”
- Russian: “Дом храма”
- Spanish: “Casa del Templo”
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