Odd Fellows Hall
Front and southern side
Odd Fellows Hall (Portsmouth, Ohio) is located in Ohio
Odd Fellows Hall (Portsmouth, Ohio)
Odd Fellows Hall (Portsmouth, Ohio) is located in the United States
Odd Fellows Hall (Portsmouth, Ohio)
Location500-506 Court St., Portsmouth, Ohio
Coordinates38°44′3″N 83°0′2″W / 38.73417°N 83.00056°W / 38.73417; -83.00056
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1871
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.87002090[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1987

The Odd Fellows Hall in Portsmouth, Ohio is an Odd Fellows building.

It was built in 1871 in Italianate style. It served historically as a meeting hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] The Orient Lodge No. 337, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, no longer owns this building and property, it is now owned by Charles Euton Real Estate. The Orient Lodge No. 337, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, went Defunct on April 28, 2023, after their Secretary John Burgess did not turn in the Annual Report for 2022 to the Grand Lodge of Ohio. They have been striving to keep this lodge going for many years. Scioto Lodge No. 31, consolidated with the Orient Lodge No. 337, in the year of 1985. The Orient Lodge No. 337, was instituted on June 2nd, 1858.

West and east elevations, HABS drawings

It is a three-story building on a corner and has a projecting cornice.[2]

It was built c.1880 by the local I.O.O.F. chapter (Scioto Lodge No. 31) that was formed in 1844. It is notable as a rare surviving example in Portsmouth of an intact Italianate commercial building. Doorways and windows on its first floor are set off by stone columns that appear to be Tuscan order, which support a plain entablature. On January 1, 1987, it was transferred over to the Orient Lodge No. 337, On January 21, 2009, Howard and Kathryn Sanford purchased it. On March 21, 2012, it was purchased by Sonny Rentals LLC. On June 15, 2017, it was turned over to Sonny Rentals LLC. and on January 16, 2019, it was turned over to Broad of County Commissioners. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Odd Fellows Hall Portsmouth Ohio". Waymarking. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Marion Schlefer (June 1988). "Independent Order of Odd Fellows, HABS No. OH-2316, Photographs, Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). HABS.
  • HABS files]
  • Photo of Odd Fellows Hall, at Flickr]
  • Grand Lodge of Ohio]
  • Ohio Odd Fellows Subordinate Lodges of the Past & Present]
  • Sovereign Grand Lodge]


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