El Supremo Consejo del Grado 33°

"On May 31, 1801, the first Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree, the Mother Council of the World, declared its existence with a motto of “Ordo ab Chao” (Order from Chaos). It announced a new 33-degree system of high degrees that incorporated all 25 of the Order of the Royal Secret, and added eight more, including that of 33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General. This new organization declared control of high-degree Masonry in America.

The new Supreme Council had a written constitution and a plan for organizing and managing the bodies under its control. The problem it faced was how to rein in the roving Inspectors General. The solution was shrewd and depended upon convincing the Inspectors to voluntarily yield allegiance to the Supreme Council. Any Inspector of the 25° would be given authority to confer up to the 32° (the extra seven degrees would make his product more attractive), if he turned in his old patent and agreed to follow the rules of the Supreme Council. This strategy was reasonably successful, and independent Inspectors General soon disappeared." 

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Shepheard's Tavern
The Birth Place of The Scottish Rite

The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite
Founded in Charleston, S.C.
May 31, 1801

Col. John Mitchell, Sov. Grand Commander
(Born: Near Glenarm, County Antrim, Ireland, 1740, Died: Charleston Jan. 25, 1816?)

Dr. Frederick Dalcho, Lt. Grand Commander
(Born: London, England, October 1770 - Died: Charleston November 24, 1836)

Emanuel de La Motta, Treasurer General of the Holy Empire
(Born: St. Croix, Danish West Indies Nov. 2 1760 - Died: Charleston May 17, 1821)

Abraham Alexander, Secretary General of the Holy Empire
(Born: London, England, 1743 - Died: Charleston, Feb. 21, 1816)

Major T.B. Bowen, Grand Master of Ceremonies
(Born: Ireland, 1742 - Died: Near Charleston, July 12, 1805)

Israel de Lihen, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia - Died: Charleston, Jan. 28, 1807)

Dr. Issac Auld, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Norristown, Pennsylvania Feb. 25, 1770 - Died: Edisto, S.C. October 17, 1826)

Moses C. Levy, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Poland 1749 - Died: Charleston March 1839)

Dr. James Moultrie, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Charleston, South Carolina Sept 1766 - Died: Charleston, S.C. Nov. 20, 1836.)

Jean Baptiste Delahouge
(Born: France 1744 - Died: Paris France, April 13, 1822)

Comte de Grasse
(Born: Versailles, France, Feb. 14, 1756 - Died: Paris France, June 10, 1845) 

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The House of the Temple is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C. that serves as the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, USA (Officially, "Home of The Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A."). It is located at 1733 16th Street, N.W., close to the Dupont Circle neighborhood.

A look inside The Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors General Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-third degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America.

El 18 de Octubre de 1911 se puso la primera piedra de la Casa del Templo del Supremo Consejo de los Estados Unidos (Jurisdicción Sur), en la ciudad de Washington D.C.

ORIGINAL John Russell Pope drawings of the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C. This scan depicts the Double-headed Eagle acroteria and ornament design for one corner of the roof. Pope was architect of many notable buildings, particularly in D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial, National Archives, and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art.