Almas Temple. Exterior of Almas Temple I

ID: 26 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971, photographer ~ Date: ca. 1920-ca. 1950.

This file appears in: Almas Temple: The Almas Temple was the longtime home of the DC chapter of the Scottish Rite Temple since its 1929 construction.

Theodor Horydczak Collection (Library of Congress)

This file appears in: Almas Temple: The Almas Temple was the longtime home of the DC chapter of the Scottish Rite Temple since its 1929 construction.

Almas Temple: The Almas Temple was the longtime home of the DC chapter of the Scottish Rite Temple since its 1929 construction.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The Almas Temple, built in the Moorish style by architect Allen Hussell Potts, is reminiscent of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The model was the castle of the Moorish kings built in the thirteenth…