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The Odd Fellows Temple of
Frankfort, Kentucky Frankfort is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, and the seat of Franklin County. It is a home rule-class city; the population was 28,602 at the 2020 census. Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the prin ...
is a three-story structure built in 1871 at 315 Saint Clair Street. Historically the top floor served as the
fraternal lodge A fraternity (from Latin ''frater'': "brother"; whence, " brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men associated together for various religious or secular aims. Fraternity i ...
of the Odd Fellows, with the remainder of the building leased for commercial purposes.


History

The Odd Fellows of Kentucky was established in 1834. On March 24, 1840, the Capital Lodge of Frankfort was chartered as the 6th lodge in
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
. After meeting in several locations downtown, the Capital Lodge built a permanent home along Broadway in 1848. Following a devastating fire on November 1, 1870, that destroyed the lodge and most of a downtown commercial block between Saint Clair and Ann Streets, the lodge was rebuilt. This new lodge building was constructed on Saint Clair Street with the support of over 350 members and a special bond approved by the Kentucky Legislature. The former lodge stands as one of the largest and earliest extant IOOF lodges in the Kentucky. Completed on Jan 1, 1872, the building was dedicated on January 30, 1872, and served the local chapter for 110 years until funding necessitated its sale in 1982. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a
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in the Frankfort Commercial Historic District. Its NRHP nomination document terms this building as Oddfellows Lodge. With . In 2017 the former IOOF lodge is known as "Market Square" and is a mixture of 18 residential apartments and first floor commercial space.


See also

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Singing Bridge The Singing Bridge (also known as the St. Clair Street bridge) is a two-lane vehicle and pedestrian bridge in Frankfort, Kentucky that is so named because of the humming sound it makes when driven over. , the bridge carries over 5,000 vehicles ...
: also a contributing building to the historic district *
National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Kentucky This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Kentucky, Un ...


References

National Register of Historic Places in Frankfort, Kentucky Odd Fellows buildings in Kentucky Buildings and structures completed in 1872 1872 establishments in Kentucky Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky {{FranklinCountyKY-NRHP-stub