King Arts Complex

Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater
Map
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Location861-867 Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39°58′16″N 82°58′44″W / 39.97111°N 82.97889°W / 39.97111; -82.97889
Arealess than one acre
Built1925
ArchitectEvans & Plato; LeVeque, L.L.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.83004295[1][2]
CRHP No.CR-18
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1983
Designated CRHPApril 4, 1983

The Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex is a historic building in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. It was built in 1925 as the Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places and Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983. The building was renovated into the King Arts Complex in 1987, and was vacated in 2019. Community leaders restored the building's use as an arts center in 2021.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Ohio SP Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Ohio, 1964 - 2013.