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Shown in circa 1900, at its Ninth and I Street perch, is the Pythian Castle, or what the Sacramento Bee called "the most pretentious of the kind on the coast." Built for 25,000 dollars, the castle was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1889, serving all four of Sacramento's Pythian lodges. The main entrance to the castle was located off of I Street.
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