Odd Fellows Hall (Baltimore, 1891)

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Odd Fellows Hall
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Odd Fellows Hall, May 2012
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Location300 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′35″N76°37′2″W / 39.29306°N 76.61722°W / 39.29306; -76.61722
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
ArchitectDavis, Frank E.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 80001789 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1980

The Odd Fellows Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a historic building that was the meeting place of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows fraternal organization, and is now an apartment building. It was built in 1891 and is a five bay structure featuring a central arched entrance with brownstone Romanesque columns and architraves. In the late 1970s, an adaptive reuse project retained most of its exterior architectural character while providing modern office space in the renovated interior. [2]

Odd Fellows Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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The Odd Fellows Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, United States was a building that was the meeting place of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows fraternal organization, as well as the organization's national headquarters, from 1831 until 1890. It was the first Odd Fellows' Hall in the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Fred Shoken (1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Odd Fellows Hall" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.