Odd Fellows' Hall (Beverly, Massachusetts)

Odd Fellows' Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°32′52.4″N70°52′45.16″W / 42.547889°N 70.8792111°W / 42.547889; -70.8792111
Built	1874
Architect	J. Foster Ober; Williams Brothers, et al.
Architectural style	Gothic
Part of	Beverly Center Business District (ID84002313 [1] )
NRHP reference No.	78001408 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1978
Designated CP	July 5, 1984

The Odd Fellows' Hall in Beverly, Massachusetts occupies a prominent location on Cabot Street opposite city hall in Beverly Center. It is a 3+1⁄2-story High Gothic Revival building constructed in 1893 to a design by local architect J. Foster Ober. Its exterior is clad in brick with trim of granite and brownstone. Its roof is a cross gable style, steep roof with polychrome bands of slate tiles. The central portion of the roof is a deck surrounded by a wrought iron railing and is topped by a cupola and weathervane. One of its notable tenants was President William Howard Taft, who had offices in the building during summer residencies in Beverly. ^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, ^[1] and included in the Beverly Center Business District in 1984. ^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Odd Fellows' Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 11, 2014.