Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged

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Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged
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Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged
Location404 E. McCreight Ave., Springfield, Ohio
Coordinates 39°56′23″N83°47′59″W / 39.93972°N 83.79972°W / 39.93972; -83.79972 Coordinates: 39°56′23″N83°47′59″W / 39.93972°N 83.79972°W / 39.93972; -83.79972
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Built1898
Built byEvans, R.J., & Son
Architect Yost & Packard
Architectural styleRenaissance, Chateauesque
NRHP reference No. 80002956 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1980

Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged, also known as I.O.O.F. Home for the Aged, in Springfield, Ohio, was built in 1898. Its architecture is Renaissance and Chateauesque. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

It was designed by Joseph W. Yost and Frank Packard's firm of Yost & Packard. The building has two octagonal spires. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 132.