The Odd Fellows Hall is a building at 165–171
Grand Street between
Centre and
Baxter Streets, in the
Little Italy and
SoHo neighborhoods of
Manhattan,
New York City. It was built in 1847–1848 and designed by the firm of
Trench & Snook in the
Italianate style, one of the city's earliest structures in this style, which
Joseph Trench
Joseph Trench (1815-1879) was an American architect who practiced in New York City and San Francisco in the 19th century.
Life and career
Trench was born in 1815, but little is known about his early history or training. By 1837 he was practicing ...
had brought to New York with his design for
280 Broadway
280 Broadway – also known as the A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store, the Marble Palace, and the Sun Building – is a seven-story office building on Broadway, between Chambers and Reade Streets, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan i ...
in 1845. His partner,
John B. Snook, was responsible for many
cast-iron buildings
Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences. Refinements developed during the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century made cast iron relati ...
in SoHo. The
mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The ...
was an addition, designed by
John Buckingham and built in 1881–1882. 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 ...
used the building until the 1880s, when they moved uptown with the city's population. The building was afterwards converted for commercial and industrial use.
The building was designated a
New York City landmark
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. The LPC is responsible for protecting New York City's architecturally, historically, and cu ...
in 1982, and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street
*
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street
* List of
Odd Fellows Halls
References
Notes
External links
*
Queen Anne architecture in New York City
Italianate architecture in New York City
Buildings and structures completed in 1848
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
Odd Fellows buildings in New York (state)
1848 establishments in New York (state)
SoHo, Manhattan
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
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