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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL. The Order of Knights of Pythias, an international, non-sectarian fraternity founded in Washington, DC, by Justus H. Rathbone. In 1864, the organization became the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the Congress of the United States after careful investigation by then-President Abraham Lincoln. (1)
The 1934 and 1939 Dubuque City Directory listed 210 1/2 W. 7th.
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Source:
1. "The Pythians--The Order of Knights of Pythias," Online: https://www.pythias.org/