page_title: Masonic Temple
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Masonic Temple / Design
caption_attribution_description: Masonic Temple (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) in Washington, DC, USA.
context_page_description: A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract spiritual goal and the conceptual ritualistic space of a meeting.
context_section_description: Since their inception the proper design of a Masonic Temple has been a serious subject debate among Masonic scholars. And because of that ongoing debate a number of different standards have been proposed throughout time. Despite attempts at standardization, Masonic Temples often vary widely in design.  Even the layout of the lodge room will differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
caption: The Masonic House of the Temple of the Scottish Rite, Washington, DC, John Russell Pope, architect, 1911–15, another scholarly version.
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