The Eagles Building is a building in

Lorain, Ohio Lorain () is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. It is located in Northeast Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River (Ohio), Black River about west of Cleveland. It is the List of cities in Ohio, ninth-most populous city in O ...

as the home for the

Fraternal Order of Eagles Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington, by a group of six theater-owners including John Cort (impresario), John Cort (the first president), brothers John Considin ...

Aeries #343. The chapter was founded in 1903, disbanded in the 1980s, and was reinstated in 2023. Built in 1918, the building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1986. The building was constructed in the

Renaissance Revival style Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of ...

with a terra cotta symmetrical facade, with Roman arches and Corinthian pilasters. It was built with a concrete frame due to a steel shortage during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. The building survived the 1924 Lorain Tornado.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Neoclassical architecture in Ohio Buildings and structures completed in 1918 Fraternal Order of Eagles buildings Buildings and structures in Lorain, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Lorain County, Ohio {{LorainCountyOH-NRHP-stub