Scottish Rite Cathedral and Scottish Rite Temple are names commonly applied to buildings used by Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, a body associated with Freemasonry. It may refer to any of a number of specific buildings, including:
- in the United States
(by state then town or city)
- Scottish Rite Temple (Mobile, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Mobile County, Alabama
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Long Beach, California), Long Beach Historic Landmark
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Pasadena, California), deemed NRHP-eligible but not listed
- Scottish Rite Masonic Center (San Francisco, California)
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Peoria, Illinois)
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Indianapolis, Indiana), listed on the NRHP in Marion County, Indiana
- Scottish Rite Consistory Building, Des Moines, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Polk County, Iowa
- Scottish Rite Temple (Kansas City, Kansas), listed on the NRHP in Wyandotte County, Kansas
- Scottish Rite Temple (Wichita, Kansas), listed on the NRHP in Sedgwick County, Kansas
- Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple, Louisville, KY, listed on the NRHP in Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Shreveport, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
- Scottish Rite Temple (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Joplin, Missouri), listed on the NRHP in Jasper County, Missouri
- Scottish Rite Temple (Lincoln, Nebraska), listed on the NRHP in Lancaster County, Nebraska
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Omaha, Nebraska), now known as the Omaha Scottish Rite Masonic Center, listed on the NRHP in Douglas County, Nebraska
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Santa Fe, New Mexico), listed on the NRHP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
- Scottish Rite Temple (Guthrie, Oklahoma), listed on the NRHP in Logan County, Oklahoma
- McAlester Scottish Rite Temple (McAlester, Oklahoma), listed on the NRHP in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (New Castle, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral, Scranton, PA, now known as the Scranton Cultural Center and listed on the NRHP in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- Dallas Scottish Rite Temple (Dallas, Texas), listed on the NRHP in Dallas County, Texas
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (Galveston, Texas), listed on the NRHP in Galveston County, Texas
- Scottish Rite Cathedral (San Antonio, Texas), listed on the NRHP in Bexar County, Texas
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Famous quotes containing the words scottish, rite and/or cathedral:
“We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.”
—18th-century Scottish proverb, collected in James Kelly, Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs, no. 351 (1721)
“Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.”
—George Gurdjieff (c. 1877–1949)
“Now, honestly: if a large group of ... demonstrators blocked the entrances to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for years, making it impossible for worshipers to get inside the church without someone escorting them through screaming crowds, wouldn’t some judge rule that those protesters could keep protesting, but behind police lines and out of the doorways?”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)