Indiana Pythian Building

Dates:

c.1906-1907, demolished 1960s

Location: corner Pennsylvania Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana
Architects: J. F. Alexander & Son, of Lafayette, Indiana

The Indiana Pythian Building, and eleven-story skyscraper in Indianapolis, was designed by J. F. Alexander & Son and built c.1906-1907. It housed the Indiana offices of the Knights of Pythias, a popular fraternal organization. The dedication was held August 14, 1907. The cornice was removed at some point and the whole building eventually torn down in the 1960s. The Knights of Pythias have since relocated their state office to Lafayette, on the grounds of the former Indiana Pythian Home.

The Indiana Pythian Building, c.1907, possibly from an architectural rendering Indiana Pythian Building, 1910
 
Indiana Pythian Building, c.1910