Knights of Pythias Building, Fort Worth, Texas
historic place
The Knights of Pythias Building, also known as the Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, is a historic place in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. The current three-story redbrick building was erected in 1901. It replaced an 1881 structure, the first Pythian Castle Hall in the United States, which burned that year. Architects Sanguinet and Staats designed the building. Its style resembles a North European city hall. A seven-foot suit of armor, a replica from the original building, stands in a third-floor niche. This building once housed Fort Worth's first offset printing press and its first coin-operated laundry. It became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1962 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The Knights of Pythias Building reflects a significant part of Fort Worth's architectural and fraternal history.