Knights of Pythias

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The Knights of Pythias building in Virginia City, on B Street north of Union.

Date Uploaded: January 24, 2024

Permanent Link: http://wnhpc.com/details/habs104153p

Source: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Source URL: https://www.loc.gov/item/nv0010/

Source Caption: Knights of Pythias Hall, West side B Street, between Union & Sutton Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, NV The picturesque Miners' Union and Knights of Pythias Halls are two of the few unaltered false-fronted buildings remaining in Virginia City. "Nevada Lodge No. 1" of the Knights of Pythias was formed in Virginia City on March 23, 1873. The Lodge's paraphernalia was consumed in a fire on September 11, 1875. New regalia, procured from the defunct lodge at Genoa, burned in the Great Virginia City Fire six weeks later. The existing cast iron and stuccoed brick building was built in 1875. Nevada shared it with the city's other lodges: Lincoln, No. 6 (1874), and Triumph, No. 11 (1879).

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