IOOF Hall (Stevensville, Montana)
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The IOOF Hall in Stevensville, Montana, also known as the Stevensville Historical Society Museum, was built starting in 1912. It is a vernacular architecture building. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1991. Frank Grant, writing in its National Register nomination, states:
The I.O.O.F. Hall, built ca. 1912, is a fine example of the typical Main Street lodge hall found in many rural communities. Built during a period of optimism and growth in Stevensville, the building suggests that members assumed the lodge would continue to play the significant role in community life that it had played during the frontier era.
The building later served as town hall, library, and firehouse for Stevensville. It was built where the former Wells Building had stood, until destroyed in the 1905 fire in downtown Stevensville. with The Stevensville Historical Museum is now located at 517 Main Street, Stevensville.


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Visit Stevensville - Stevensville Historical Museum
- information Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Buildings and structures completed in 1912 Odd Fellows buildings in Montana 1912 establishments in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Ravalli County, Montana {{Montana-NRHP-stub