The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall in

Ashton, Idaho Ashton is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2010 census, and it is part of the Rexburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. The district is noted for seed potato production and bills itself as the world's ...

, also known as the Ashton State Bank Building was constructed in 1907 in Early Commercial architectural style. Its historical use was as a meeting hall and for businesses. It was registered on the

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in 1997. The building is made of pressed red brick and features a

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

foundation, and it has a large brick

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capped with sandstone. Three commercial spaces are on the first floor, with meeting room for the local

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lodge above. The first businesses were the Ashton State Bank, a hardware store, and a furniture store. with It is the only early building in Ashton, which developed quickly after the

Oregon Short Line Railroad The Oregon Short Line Railroad was a railroad in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Oregon in the United States. The line was organized as the Oregon Short Line Railway in 1881 as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railway. The Union Pacific int ...

arrived in the Upper Snake River Valley in 1905, that retains its historic character.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1907 Buildings and structures in Fremont County, Idaho Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places Ashton Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Idaho {{Idaho-NRHP-stub

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