Odd Fellows Lodge (Bel Air, Maryland)

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Odd Fellows Lodge
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Location21 Pennsylvania Ave., Bel Air, Maryland
Coordinates 39°32′13″N76°20′56″W / 39.53694°N 76.34889°W / 39.53694; -76.34889
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1852 (1852)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 75000901 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1975

Odd Fellows Lodge, also known as Old First Presbyterian Church, is a historic building in Bel Air, Maryland, United States. It was built in 1852, and is a one-story, temple-form, Greek Revival style brick building above a high basement. The front facade features a projecting portico supported by four Doric order columns. It was originally built for the First Presbyterian Church, who moved to a new church in 1881 and leased it to the Odd Fellows Lodge. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. James T. Wollon, Jr. (November 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Odd Fellows Lodge" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.