This is a list of notable buildings of the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic fraternal service organization founded in 1881 in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
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1 | Knights of Columbus Building (New Haven, Connecticut) | 1969 built | One Columbus Plaza | New Haven, Connecticut | Headquarters of the Knights of Columbus. Also known as the Knights of Columbus Tower, the building was designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates and finished in 1969. It is a 23-story modern style reinforced concrete building, at 321abbr=offNaNabbr=off tall, the second-tallest building in the city. The cylindrical towers at the corners give the structure a simple geometric form.[4] | |||||||
2 | Knights of Columbus Building (Gary, Indiana) | 1925 built 1984 NRHP-listed | 333 W. 5th Ave. | Gary, Indiana | listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Indiana Photos here.[5] And here.[6] | |||||||
3 | Knights of Columbus-Indiana Club | 1924 built 1985 NRHP-listed | 320 W. Jefferson | South Bend, Indiana | Renaissance, Italian Renaissance architecture | |||||||
4 | Knights of Columbus Hall (Pascagoula, Mississippi) | 2008 Mississippi listed | 3604 Magnolia Street | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Also known as Krebs House; designated a Mississippi Landmark in 2008[7] | |||||||
5 | Knights of Columbus Building (Butte, Montana) | 1917 built 1966 cp-NRHP-listed | 224 W. Park St | Butte, Montana | Renaissance Revival style; designed by Wellington Smith and built in 1917–1918; regarded as an "icon" in the community; in disrepair in 2009. The Knights of Columbus had by then applied for a $300,000 historic preservation grant from the state.[8] [9] Contributing property in the 1966 Butte-Anaconda Historic District.[10] It is included in a walking tour of historic Uptown area of Butte.[11] | |||||||
6 | George A. Bartlett House, also known as Old Knights of Columbus Hall | 1907 built 1982 NRHP-listed | McQuillan and Booker Sts. | Tonopah, Nevada | Shingle Style architecture. Also known as Old Knights of Columbus Hall. | |||||||
7 | Knights of Columbus Building (Portland, Oregon) | 1920 built 1990 NRHP-listed 1998 NRHP delisted | 804 SW. Taylor St. | Portland, Oregon | Late Gothic Revival architecture demolished around 1998 | |||||||
8 | Knights of Columbus Building (Pompano Beach, Florida) | 1954-1982 built | 6 Columbus Square | Pompano Beach, FL | Mid-Century modern style; front structure designed as early suburban shopping center (by Mackle's General Development Corporation) of 6,000 sq. ft. and built c. 1954; purchased in 1964 by Home Corporation of John A. Hill Council #4955; after expansions in 1968 and 1982 square footage increased to 16,982 sq. ft. Sold in 2000 to Archdiocese of Miami for use as church building. Property (on two acres of land) was sold by archdiocese in 2011 to Wal-Mart, which opened in 2013. | |||||||
9 | 369 Washington Street | 1897 built, 1920 expanded | Dedham, Massachusetts | |||||||||
If there is a distinctive architecture for Knights of Columbus halls, it may involve use of the K of C logo (designed in 1883) and components such as fasces, the bundle of sticks with an axe blade, a symbol that generally signifies "strength through unity".
See List of carillons for Knights of Columbus-named tower.