Odd Fellows Hall (1872–1932) in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
, was built for 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 ...
, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
[Boston Almanac, 1887](_blank)
/ref> It occupied a large lot in the South End, at no.515 Tremont Street
Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tremont Street begins at Government Center in Boston's city center as a continuation of Cambridge Street, and forms the eastern edge of Boston Common. Continuing in a roughly so ...
at Berkeley Street. Architect Joseph Billings
Joseph Billings (17581806) was an English navigator, hydrographer and explorer who spent the most significant part of his life in Russian service.
Life
Early life
Joseph Billings was likely born in Yarmouth, the son of a fisherman of the same nam ...
designed the structure which had several large meeting rooms: Covenant Hall, Encampment Hall, Friendship Hall, Oasis Hall.
1932
Images
Image:Odd Fellows' Hall, Boston, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2.jpg, Odd Fellows Hall, corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets
Image:1883 OddFellowsHall BostonDailyGlobe January21.png, Advertisement for Caledonian Club event at Odd Fellows Hall, 1883
Image:1893 EmersonCollege TremontSt Boston USA.png, Advertisement for Emerson College of Oratory, 1893
Image:1898_Odd_Fellows_Hall_map_Boston_byWalker_BPL_12578_detail.png, Detail of 1898 map of Boston, showing Odd Fellows Building
Image:2590431508 Army Navy Boston 1917.jpg, Army and Navy marching, first men to World War I, 1917; Odd Fellows Hall at right (Boston Public Library)
References
External links
* Boston Public Library. Photos of January 1932 fire, by Leslie Jones:
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General alarm fireat Odd Fellows Hall, corner of Berkeley and Tremont
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General alarm fire at Odd Fellows Hall*
Six alarm fireat Odd Fellows Hall, Warren Ave, Tremont and Berkeley
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Six alarm fire, 4:20amat the Odd Fellows Building - Corner of Warren Ave., Tremont and Berkeley
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Ice-covered engine*
Crowd after the fire
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Odd Fellows buildings in Massachusetts
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1872
Former buildings and structures in Boston
19th century in Boston
South End, Boston