Scottish Rite Temple
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Lincoln, NE
The Scottish Rite Temple, built in 1916, is a massive Neoclassical building designed by architects Berlinghof & Davis for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
the building
The west colonnade. The west front carries a colossal order of ten fluted Roman Doric columns set in antis between blocky end pavilions. Above the colonnade, the frieze is inscribed "TEMPLE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY," with Greek and Latin inscriptions on the pavilion friezes.
South facade inscription. The limestone-clad south facade has five bays divided by shallow paired Roman Doric pilasters, its frieze reading "HUMANITY LIBERTY FRATERNITY." Above the denticular cornice runs a parapet pierced with balustrades aligned to the columns below.
the style
The temple's Neoclassical design leans on a colossal Doric order and full entablatures on its west and south facades, with an attic story recessed and set behind the parapet so its buff brick walls stay hidden from the street, its terra cotta cornice mimicking the limestone below.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
The temple was designed by the architectural firm Berlinghof & Davis; no further biographical detail is documented here.
significance
The Scottish Rite Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
nearby
- Masonic Temple
- Nebraska State Capitol
- Federal Trust Building
- Tifereth Israel Synagogue
- Nebraska Telephone Company Building
- William H. Ferguson House