Shiloh Church is a historic church at Huntsville and Main Streets in

Springdale, Arkansas Springdale is the List of cities and towns in Arkansas, fourth-largest city in Arkansas, United States. It is located in both Washington County, Arkansas, Washington and Benton County, Arkansas, Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas. Located on th ...

. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, finished with wooden clapboards and topped by a gable roof with a small belfry. Decoration is relatively plain, with pilastered corners, a plain entablature along the side walls, and transom windows above the pair of entrances on the main facade. Built in 1870, it is the oldest surviving building in Springdale. It was used for many years as both a church (by multiple denominations) and the local Masonic lodge. By the late 1920s it had been abandoned by all of these users, and was acquired in 1932 by the local chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), which used it as its lodge. The IOOF chapter deeded the building to the city in 2005. The church was listed on the

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in 1975.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Greek Revival church buildings in Arkansas Churches completed in 1870 Churches in Washington County, Arkansas Masonic buildings in Arkansas Odd Fellows buildings in Arkansas Wooden churches in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Arkansas Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas Buildings and structures in Springdale, Arkansas 1870 establishments in Arkansas Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas {{Arkansas-church-stub

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