From the George Fuermann Texas and Houston Collection. Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Limited amount of information found [here](http://www.houstontimeportal.net/pythian-castle.html).
Deesing82says
awesome find!
hip-opotamussays
The Knights of Pythias temple in Dallas is still standing and currently undergoing some sort of major renovation/repurposing project. It was painted solid white for years, so it’s nice to see it being restored closer to its original purpose.
Its surprising how short a life many of these older buildings had. Fire and other disasters aside, its amazing they went to so much trouble, then opted to demolish instead of refurbish or adapt the building to other uses.
hendrixiussays
Very cool – there is an old Pythias Castle in Arcata, CA., as well:
volvbro says
From the George Fuermann Texas and Houston Collection. Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Limited amount of information found [here](http://www.houstontimeportal.net/pythian-castle.html).
Deesing82 says
awesome find!
hip-opotamus says
The Knights of Pythias temple in Dallas is still standing and currently undergoing some sort of major renovation/repurposing project. It was painted solid white for years, so it’s nice to see it being restored closer to its original purpose.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Pythias_Temple_(Dallas,_Texas)
Gman777 says
Its surprising how short a life many of these older buildings had. Fire and other disasters aside, its amazing they went to so much trouble, then opted to demolish instead of refurbish or adapt the building to other uses.
hendrixius says
Very cool – there is an old Pythias Castle in Arcata, CA., as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythian_Castle_(Arcata,_California)#/media/File:Pythian_Castle_Arcata_CA.jpg
I never thought much about its origins before, but that entire order is pretty interesting…
randybob275 says
You mean there is no information about it in the local museum?