The headquarters of the Danish Order of Freemasons was designed by Danish architect and Freemason Holger Rasmussen and was built between 1 May 1923 and 12 October 1927. The cornerstone was laid on 3 June 1924 by Danish King Christian X, who was himself a Freemason. The building has 13,515 square metres of floor space and approximately 335 rooms. It is 19.5 metres tall and has six main floors, two of which are below ground. The two columns by the main entrance are 16 metres tall and weigh 72 tons each.

During the later part of the Second World War the building was occupied and was used as headquarters by the Schalburg Corps.