The Odd Fellows Hall in
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
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,
United States
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, is a historic building that was the meeting place of 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 ...
fraternal organization
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, and is now an apartment building. It was built in 1891 and is a five bay structure featuring a central arched entrance with brownstone
Romanesque columns and architraves. In the late 1970s, an
adaptive reuse
Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed for. It is also known as recycling and conversion. Adaptive reuse is an effective strategy for optimizing the o ...
project retained most of its exterior architectural character while providing modern office space in the renovated interior.
Odd Fellows Hall was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1982.
References
External links
*, including photo from 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
Buildings and structures in Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore
Odd Fellows buildings in Maryland
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1893
Romanesque Revival architecture in Maryland
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
1893 establishments in Maryland
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