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The Elks Club in East Liverpool, Ohio was built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]The building was addressed in a study assessing historic resources in East Liverpool's central business district which resulted in the NRHP listing of several clubhouse buildings (including also Masonic Temple (East Liverpool, Ohio), Odd Fellows Temple (East Liverpool ...
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. It has more than 750,000+ members at 1,928 lodges. The fraternity currently focuses on Community, Friendship, and Charity.
Quaker City Elks Lodge No. 720, IBPOEW, Philadelphia, was founded in 1926. In 1945 it was the reportedly the second-largest African-American Elks lodge in the country. In 1930, the Lodge erected a home at 1943 Christian Street, in the area now known as the Christian Street Historic District. [12] Christopher Perry Lodge, No. 965, of Philadelphia
The Elyria Elks Club, in Elyria, Ohio, has served as a clubhouse of the Elks social fraternity. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]The Elyria Elks Club makes extraordinary use of classical motifs.
After the membership declined during World War II, the Grand Lodge deleted all reference to the Antlers in its Constitution and Statutes. [4] [5] Benevolent and Protective Order of the Does – unofficial female Auxiliary operating at the local level. [6] [7] Lady Elks – unofficial female Auxiliary operating at the local level. [6]
Kenosha Elks Club: 1917 built Dedicated January 1919 5706 Eighth Ave: Kenosha, Wisconsin: Georgian Revival: 63: Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252: 1912 built 1984 NRHP-listed 601 Lake Ave. Racine, Wisconsin: Classical Revival [1] 64: Elks Lodge No. 1353
The service clubs that succeeded the fraternities also operated as social networks and did fairly similar charitable work. No general history has been written, but some of the many lodges that operated in the state of Victoria were: Freemasons, including United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: Jack Benny: Comedic entertainer on radio and television [1] Irving Berlin: New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Songwriter Leonard Bernstein: New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Conductor, composer, and winner of seven Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and 16 Grammy Awards: Lew Bloom