Designated Landmark Structures

Knights of Pythias Temple

2551 Elm Street

Completed in 1916, the temple stands today as a highly significant component of the social, cultural and architectural history of the African-American community in Dallas. The temple served from 1916 to 1939 as the social, professional and cultural center of the center of the city's African-American community. The temple hosted lectures, meetings, conventions and dances, as well as housed the office of African-American professionals in the area. Built in the eclectic Beaux-arts style, it was designed by Dallas' first African-American architect, William Sidney Pittman, and stands as one of the few remaining non-religious structures in Dallas that was designed by an African-American architect.