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San Fernando CA Elks Lodge No. 1539 Actor Jack Elam: Ashland OR Lodge No. 944 Actor Rich Hall: Livingston MT Lodge No. 246 Comedian, writer, documentary maker, and musician Bill Hughes: Jazz trombonist and bandleader Al Jolson: New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Singer, actor, and vaudevillian: Martha MacCallum: Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246
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.
The order was organized during World War I by a group of female relatives of the Elks who met to wrap bandages to send to wounded soldiers overseas. [2] The group eventually decided to turn their circle into a regular club and was chartered in the State of Rhode Island on April 27, 1926. [3]
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' Lodge 878 building was designed by the Ballinger Company [1] [2] in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. [3] [4] It is composed of the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story main building at 82-10 Queens Boulevard; a two-story annex to the east at 82-20 Queens Boulevard; and a three-story rear addition to the south of the main building. [5]
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 first local group or "Temple" of the Daughters of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World was founded as the Norfolk Temple No. 1 in Norfolk, Virginia by Emma V. Kelley. [3] The first public meeting was held in July 1903 at the St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church with forty participants. Kelley organized the ...
This is a list of notable buildings of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the American fraternal organization also known as the Elks or B.P.O.E., the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, the Black fraternal organization, and of Elks of Canada, its counterpart.
The lodge was built at a cost of $34,600 and was officially occupied on May 26, 1927. [6] The building served as an Elks lodge until 1969, when the group moved to a new building that was constructed downtown. [5] [7] The former lodge was then used by Colorado Western College until this educational establishment closed in 1972 for lack of ...