The Order of Knights of Pythias is a great international fraternity which was founded in Washington, DC, February 19, 1864, by Justus H. Rathbone, and embraces more than two thousand subordinate lodges in the United States and Canada, with occasional lodges having been formed elsewhere. The primary object of fraternal organizations is to promote friendship among men and to relieve suffering. Each organization adopts some outstanding principle as its objective. The individuality of an order is determined by its ideal sentiment. The distinguishing principles of the Order of Knights of Pythias are "FRIENDSHIP, CHARITY and BENEVOLENCE".

On March 3, 1886, The Red Star Lodge #205 was instituted by the Grand Chancellor of the Domain of Ohio, A.P. Butterfield of Cincinnati, assisted by members of Douglas Lodge also of Cincinnati. In 1887, The Red Star Lodge #205 of Springfield moved into the Castle Hall of Moncrieffe Lodge that was located on Market Street where it remained until February 1893. It then moved to the Dial Building located on South Limestone Street where it remained until 1926.

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