The Scottish Rite Temple, also known as Scottish Rite Cathedral or Santa Fe Lodge of Perfection, in

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was begun in 1911 and completed in 1912. It was a filming location for the 2016

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film '' Whiskey Tango Foxtrot''. In 1909 Santa Fe's paper, ''The Daily New Mexican'', announced that local (he lived and had offices in both

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and

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) architect Isaac H. Rapp had been awarded the commission to design a new

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Cathedral. A few months later, in July of the same year, it printed a perspective by Rapp showing a grand Neo-classical styled design for the Temple. Only a week later the same paper printed that Rapp's plans had been considered to be "not satisfactory". Shortly afterwards it was announced that the Los Angeles architectural firm of Hunt and Burns had been employed instead. They produced a

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style structure based loosely on one of the gatehouses to the

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at the

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. Sumner P. Hunt and

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were well known for their designs in the California Spanish

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style, but decided instead to base their design on a connection between the Spanish building tradition of New Mexico and that of the Moors in southern Spain. There are also obvious similarities with the

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, in Los Angeles, which was being designed by Hunt and Burns around the same time, including the tower, without the Islamic entry. Still somewhat shocking today is that the building was, and still is (as of 2014) clad in pink colored stucco. That Isaac Rapp did not get the commission was not a huge loss to him as he was to build his design in 1913 as the Las Animas County Court House, in

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. Also, that he did not design the building that was ultimately built was apparently missed by some, as he has been erroneously listed as the architect of the building.Harris, Richard, ''National Trust Guide: Santa Fe'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997. p. 92. It was used historically as a clubhouse. The building was listed on the

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in 1987. File:Scotish Rites Temple, Santa Fe68.jpg File:Alhambra Gatehouse.jpg, Alhamba gatehouse File:Scotish Rites Temple, Santa Fe72.jpg File:Scotish Rites Temple, Santa Fe73.jpg File:Scotish Rites Temple, Santa Fe71.jpg

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