The I.O.O.F. Hall in

Alva, Oklahoma Alva is a city in and the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 4,945 at the 2010 census. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is located in Alva. History Alva was estab ...

, USA, was built in 1905 in

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style. It was used historically as a department store and as a clubhouse for the

Independent Order of Odd Fellows The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1984. On the morning of May 22, 2004, fire destroyed the building. Investigators ruled the blaze an accident.

References

Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures completed in 1905 Buildings and structures in Woods County, Oklahoma Odd Fellows buildings in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Woods County, Oklahoma 1905 establishments in Oklahoma Territory {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub