It was completed in 1927 and is located in the South Temple Historic District of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

1, Knights Templar of Utah); El Kalah Shrine; as well as the Grand Bodies for the ladies and youth organizations.

The building has been in continual use since it opened in 1927 and is maintained and operated by the Salt Lake Masonic Temple Association.

The decision to build the Salt Lake Masonic Temple took shape in the fall of 1920 as the Masonic population in Salt Lake City had outgrown the existing Temple then located at the intersection of 2nd East and 1st South.

The architect and Building Committee traveled to other cities reviewing existing Masonic Temples for favorable and unfavorable elements.

Much of the discussion preserved from the planning meetings centers on the amount of Masonic symbolism built into the Temple, and how it should be concealed, if at all.