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- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Odd Fellows Lodge 177th birthday brings hope to historic order". The State Journal. March 23, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ Lee Walker and Kenneth Gibbs (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Frankfort Commercial Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved June 10, 2017. With 57 photos, with Odd Fellows Temple in photo #26.