TY  - GEN
AB  - Pythian Building. Designed by Henry Wolters. Two African American Knights of Pythias lodges are listed in the 1893 Louisville City Directory. The Temple at 928-932 West Chestnut Street, built in 1914-1915 at a cost of $130,000, served as the Knights' headquarters and housed a drugstore, movie theater, offices, a restaurant, and hotel rooms for men. The ballroom on the sixth floor and the garden on the roof were used for parties and dances. In 1925, 25,000 attendees came to Louisville for the National Pythian Convention. In 1953, the building was sold to the Chestnut Street YMCA. This is still a YMCA today.
AU  - Unknown
DA  - 1915
ID  - 1527243
KW  - Regional Buildings
KW  - Regional Organizations
KW  - Buildings and Structures
KW  - Clubs and Organizations
KW  - Photographs
KW  - Related Materials -- 1901-1950
KW  - Special Collections
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527243/files/6912.jpg
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527243/files/6912.jpg
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527243/files/6912.jpg
LA  - eng
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527243/files/6912.jpg
N2  - Pythian Building. Designed by Henry Wolters. Two African American Knights of Pythias lodges are listed in the 1893 Louisville City Directory. The Temple at 928-932 West Chestnut Street, built in 1914-1915 at a cost of $130,000, served as the Knights' headquarters and housed a drugstore, movie theater, offices, a restaurant, and hotel rooms for men. The ballroom on the sixth floor and the garden on the roof were used for parties and dances. In 1925, 25,000 attendees came to Louisville for the National Pythian Convention. In 1953, the building was sold to the Chestnut Street YMCA. This is still a YMCA today.
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
PY  - 1915
T1  - Former Knights of Pythias Lodge, now the Chestnut Street YMCA in Louisville, Kentucky
TI  - Former Knights of Pythias Lodge, now the Chestnut Street YMCA in Louisville, Kentucky
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527243/files/6912.jpg
Y1  - 1915
ER  -