Endangered Structures

Pythian Home Pythian Home 1
Built 1927

South 18th Street, Lafayette

The Knights of Pythias selected Lafayette in 1927 for its area headquarters and residential home. The Lafayette School Corporation purchased the property in 1992 as a possible site for expansion of the Jeff High School, located just to the south.

Pythian Home 2

It was used as office space and as a Halloween fright house until environmental concerns forced the closing of the building. The LSC administration has said it cannot afford the expense of environmental remedies and repairs. The structures have been a major part of the historic fabric of the neighborhood for the last eighty years and finding a way to rehabilitate and use the buildings is critical.