The Odd Fellows Hall, also known as Big Horn Odd Fellows Hall, is located in Big Horn,

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, and was built in 1894. The hall was originally used by Big Horn's chapter 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 ...

and was later used by the Odd Fellows' sister organization, the

Rebekahs The Daughters of Rebekah, also known as the Rebekahs and the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, is an international service-oriented organization and a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Just like the Independent Order ...

. The organizations hosted community events until the Odd Fellows merged with another chapter in 1949 and the Rebekahs disbanded in 1970; the groups mainly folded because they lacked the resources to maintain their building. The building features a

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, a common design feature in buildings in Western

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s; it is one of three remaining historic buildings in Big Horn with a false front. The hall was listed on the

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in 1980.

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* Buildings and structures in Sheridan County, Wyoming Big Horn Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Sheridan County, Wyoming Western false front architecture {{Wyoming-NRHP-stub