The Odd Fellows Building is a historic commercial building on Main Street in

Gary, South Dakota Gary is a city in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 240 at the 2020 census. South Dakota Highway 101 serves as the main route of the community. History A post office called Gary was established in 1874. Gary was plat ...

. It is a two-story brick building, with a decorative corbeled cornice. It has a typical retail plate-glass front on the first floor, and sash windows with stone lintels on the second floor. It was built in 1889 by the local chapter of the

International 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 ...

, and was used both by that fraternal organization for its meetings and events, but also for local town meetings. The ground floor has housed a variety of commercial enterprises over the years, as well as a museum. The building 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 1976, for its architecture.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1898 Buildings and structures in Deuel County, South Dakota Odd Fellows buildings in South Dakota Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Deuel County, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-NRHP-stub

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