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The INDIAN SCOTTISH RITE CONSISTORY, Adams Avenue and 2d Street, one of
the two consistories in Oklahoma, is a huge, block-long, cream-colored brick and
stone building elaborately decorated with algonite and Carthage stone. A
Great copper sphere, rising fifty feet above the roof, contains multi-colored
lenses and when lighted may be seen for several miles. Will Rogers
received Scottish Rite degrees here in 1908. The McAlester Scottish Rite
Temple was originally built in 1907, the Temple was extensively expanded in
1928. The buff brick and stone building was designed by William T. Schmitt. The
building reaches a height of 140 feet and building features a 120' by 80' stage
and a pipe organ with 3100 pipes. The building was previously known as the
Scottish Rite Indian Consistory, then the Scottish Rite McAlester Consistory,
now the building is known as the McAlester Scottish Rite Masonic Center. The
building is open for tours Monday - Friday 10:00 - 2:00.
The sphere mentioned in the guide is not visible in my photos however it is
still in place and can be seen in photo on the Center's
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