Weiser History: Pythian Castle

One f the most unique building in town is the Pythian Castle built to look like an actual castle in Wales. It was built for the Nights Of Pythian, a gentleman's club, where the men dressed as knights. This club was very private and no one really know's what they did. It was established in 1864 after the Civil war to bring brothers and friends back together and to heal those relationships.
The stone for the building was taken from a local rock quarry and hand made in the street below.

The blank white space use to have a beautiful peace of stained glass and a historical group is in the process of fixing that glass window ( below) to put back in it's place.

Upstairs is the room the Knights would meet in and the door to enter the room still had the original peek hole.

When you became a member of this club most were given a sword with the words Friendship, Peace, and Benevolence engraved on it.