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Former Odd Fellows Building 1890s: 220 Fourth Avenue West Ashland, Wisconsin: Romanesque Revival architecture, although re-sided with modern aluminum siding. Currently used as a commercial business building. Independent Order of Odd Fellows-Lodge No. 189 Building: 1887: 1999 1335 Main St.
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The building served as a meeting hall for Enterprise's chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. [1] The building was deemed significant for having served as a social center for the community and as "a symbol of the importance [IOOF lodges] once had in the welfare of the community before social service aid was available." [1] [2]
Unofficial Ellettsville historian Rachel Peden McCarty provided Deutsch with some background on the building and the local Odd Fellows. Ellettsville’s I.O.O.F was established Nov. 20, 1867, with ...
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Odd Fellows from that time include John Wilkes (1725–1797) and Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornton (1726–1784), advocating civil liberties and reliefs, including Catholic emancipation. Political repressions , such as the Unlawful Oaths Act (1797) and the Unlawful Societies Act (1799), [ 4 ] resulted in neutral amalgamation of the ...
The building on an early-20th-century postcard. Stoneham's Oddfellows Building stands prominently facing the town's main square, at the northeast corner of the square with Franklin Street. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame building, with a dormered mansard roof providing a full third floor. Its square-facing facade originally had two ...
The Liberty Odd Fellows lodge had been using the building at 20 East Franklin for its meetings since 1889. In need of more space, they constructed a second building next door at 16-18 East Franklin, and like its first building, leased the first floor to commercial businesses and used the second floor as a meeting hall.