At seven stories tall, this colorful and richly decorated Masonic Temple appears somewhat out of context in this neighborhood. Using Georgia marble, glazed terra-cotta, and yellow brick over a steel-frame, Witcover, himself a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, saturated the building with Masonic symbolism. The interior has three ceremonial meeting rooms above the ground floor, originally occupied by a pharmacy known as Solomon’s Drugstore, with elaborate cabinetry still visible in the Gryphon Tearoom managed by SCAD. The block of houses extending westward along Charlton Street from the Scottish Rite Temple vividly illustrates the role proximity to the square had on property value, with the most lavish houses being closer to Bull Street and progressively simpler and shorter houses marching down the block.

