The Pythian Temple Under Construction

The Pythian Temple, standing at the corner of Loyola Avenue and Gravier Street, Under Construction. The first African-American-owned high rise building in New Orleans, the historic property is two conjoined buildings originally constructed in 1908 under the direction of S.W. Green, a prominent busin...

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第一著者: Bedou, Arthur P.
フォーマット: Online
出版事項: ca.
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spelling xuloai_p16948coll8-75 The Pythian Temple Under Construction African American fraternal organizations; New Orleans (La.)--History; Buildings; Photography The Pythian Temple, standing at the corner of Loyola Avenue and Gravier Street, Under Construction. The first African-American-owned high rise building in New Orleans, the historic property is two conjoined buildings originally constructed in 1908 under the direction of S.W. Green, a prominent businessman and leader of the Grand Lodge Colored Knights of Pythias, a black fraternal organization. It housed the Louisiana Weekly, the Negro Board of Trade, Green's Liberty Independent Life Insurance company, a bank, a theater and a rooftop garden where jazz legends like Louis Armstrong performed. The Krewe of Zulu called the building home when it first got organized. Bedou, Arthur P. Xavier University of Louisiana ca. 1908 image jpeg BPC001.01.C.35.001 Physical rights are retained by Xavier University of Louisiana. Copyright is in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. http://cdm16948.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16948coll8/id/75
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description The Pythian Temple, standing at the corner of Loyola Avenue and Gravier Street, Under Construction. The first African-American-owned high rise building in New Orleans, the historic property is two conjoined buildings originally constructed in 1908 under the direction of S.W. Green, a prominent businessman and leader of the Grand Lodge Colored Knights of Pythias, a black fraternal organization. It housed the Louisiana Weekly, the Negro Board of Trade, Green's Liberty Independent Life Insurance company, a bank, a theater and a rooftop garden where jazz legends like Louis Armstrong performed. The Krewe of Zulu called the building home when it first got organized.
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