Search Results: Knights of Pythias

Allen Chapel, a Fort Worth Historic Landmark, Showcased on Thursday Tour

By Joy Donovan / August 23, 2023 /

Knights of Pythias Temple in Dallas’ Deep Ellum, studied at the Tuskegee Institute and Drexel Institute. His wife was Portia Washington, the daughter of Booker T. Washington. A native of…

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2023 Fort Worth Most Endangered Places List Highlights Preservation’s Huge Losses And Big Wins

By Karen Eubank / May 5, 2023 /

…is the Allen Chapel at 116 Elm Street. It was designed by William Sidney Pittman and built in 1915. He is the same gentleman that designed the Knights of Pythias

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The Stars Are Aligning For Deep Ellum to Join The National Register of Historic Places

By Karen Eubank / March 3, 2022 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

Pythias Temple at 2551 Elm Street. The Knights of Pythias Temple That assessment piece is the recently completed Historic Resources Survey of Downtown Dallas and Deep Ellum, which Preservation Dallas’…

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Surveying The Historic Buildings of Downtown Dallas and Deep Ellum Can Save Our City’s Character

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 3, 2022 /

…2000. Those projects included the revitalization of numerous vacant or underutilized buildings such as The Statler, Old Dallas High School, Knights of Pythias (now The Pittman), Lone Star Gas Lofts,…

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Landmark Designation: How to Make Progress With Preservation in The Path of Resistance

By Karen Eubank / May 6, 2021 /

…there is a CVS where El Corazon once stood.” The Knights of Pythias building in Deep Ellum was another hotly contested building. We are happy to report it’s been reborn…

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