VINTAGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Crystal Lodge NO. 248 Wisconsin Lot of 2 for Sale

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VINTAGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Crystal Lodge NO. 248 Wisconsin Lot of 2:
$172.13

2 in this lot ++ see photos++ these are considered RARE
VINTAGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Crystal Lodge NO. 248 Wisconsin Lot of 2This Pair are in Nice condition very little wear

Pythian Castle Lodge

The Pythian Castle Lodge, also known as Crystal Palace, inMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, was built in 1927 by the Knights ofPythias, a fraternal organization. In 1988 it was listed on the NationalRegister of Historic Places.

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization foundedin 1864 in Washington, D.C., aiming to promote the qualities of friendship,loyalty, honor and justice demonstrated in the ancient Greek legend of Damonand Pythias. Chapters sprouted up across the U.S., including one in Milwaukeein 1870. This was Schiller Lodge #3, and it was a German-speaking group. By the1890s Schiller lodge had switched to an English-language ritual and Milwaukeehad three other Pythian lodges on the south side: Taylor Lodge, Walker Lodge,and National Lodge No. 141. In 1909 those four men's lodges banded togetherwith Pythian Sisters Purity Temple and the Rathbone Sisters Star Temple. Themerged group rented meeting spaces for years. In 1921 they decided to buildtheir own hall.

The new meeting hall on National Avenue was designed byMilwaukee architect Richard Oberst. It is a two-story brick structure on apoured concrete foundation with a roof that is flat in parts and hippedelsewhere, covered in clay tile. This much is a Mediterranean Revival style.But the structure also has pavilions on the corners with curve-topped parapets,drawn from Spanish Colonial Revival style.

Oberst also designed the Excelsior Masonic Temple at 2422 W.National Avenue in Milwaukee,[4] a Classical Revival building from 1922 thatwas deemed to be NRHP-eligible but was not listed on the NRHP due to ownerobjection.

This Pythian Castle was built during the heyday of thePythians. In the 1920s they were the third largest fraternal organization inthe western world. Unlike the Freemasons, the Pythians rented their space outto other organizations, including labor groups like the Order of RailroadEngineers, the Harvester Tool Makers, Painters and Varnishers, the FirefightersLocal No. 215, the Hatters Local, and the Die Sinkers Union; also the SquirrelClub, the South Side Civic Association, and the Navy Fathers.

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