Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall (Cornish, Maine)
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The Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall is a historic form fraternal society hall on High Street in
Cornish, Maine Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,508 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The main village in town is the Cornish ...
. Built in 1902 for the local chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows and their associated
Rebekah Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...
women's chapter, it is an architecturally eclectic mix of vernacular and high-style elements. It was listed on the
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in 1983, and now functions as a community meeting space.


Description and history

The Cornish Odd Fellows Hall is set on the south side of High Road, opposite a small park at the triangular junction of High Street, Main Street, and McCubrey Way in the town center. It is a -story wood-frame structure, roughly rectangular, with a steeply pitched hip roof and clapboard siding. Facing roughly northwest, its northern corner has a four-story tower with a clock at the third level and Gothic lancet-arched windows at the fourth level, with a pyramidal roof. A three-story gabled pavilion projects at the center of the main facade, with a double-door entrance on the first floor and Colonial Revival Palladian windows on the second and third floors. The interior of the building has tongue-and-groove wainscoting, molded architrave trim, and a painted pressed-metal ceiling. Built in 1902 by local craftsmen, the building is unusual in the state as a rural example of large-scale distinctive vernacular architecture. It was used by the Odd Fellows until the 1940s, and by the Rebekahs until the 1960s, after which it was sold to the town. It is now used as a community meeting and event space.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in York County, Maine, United States. ...


References

{{National Register of Historic Places Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine Cultural infrastructure completed in 1902 Odd Fellows buildings in Maine National Register of Historic Places in York County, Maine 1902 establishments in Maine