Headquarters of the Knights of Columbus. Also known as the Knights of Columbus Tower, the building was designed byKevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates and finished in 1969. It is a 23-storymodern stylereinforced concrete building, at 321 feet (98 meters) tall, thesecond-tallest building in the city. The cylindrical towers at the corners give the structure a simple geometric form.[4]
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.[9][10] Contributing property in the 1966Butte-Anaconda Historic District.[11]
It is included in a walking tour of historic Uptown area of Butte.[12]
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 toArchdiocese 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.
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 asfasces, the bundle of sticks with an axe blade, a symbol that generally signifies "strength through unity".
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