The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall in
Ashton, Idaho
Ashton is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, and it is part of the Rexburg micropolitan area, Rexburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. The district is noted for s ...
, also known as the Ashton State Bank Building was constructed in 1907 in
Early Commercial architectural style. Its historical use was as a meeting hall and for businesses. It was registered 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 1997.
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The building is made of pressed red brick and features a ]sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
foundation, and it has a large brick cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...
capped with sandstone. Three commercial spaces are on the first floor, with meeting room for the local Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE), commonly known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks, is an American fraternal order and charitable organization founded in 1868 in New York City. Originally established as a social club for m ...
lodge above. The first businesses were the Ashton State Bank, a hardware store, and a furniture store.[ with ]
It is the only early building in Ashton, which developed quickly after the Oregon Short Line Railroad
The Oregon Short Line Railroad was a railroad in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Oregon in the United States. The line was organized as the Oregon Short Line Railway in 1881 as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railway. The Union Pacific int ...
arrived in the Upper Snake River Valley in 1905, that retains its historic character.[
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See also
* List of Odd Fellows buildings
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References
Buildings and structures completed in 1907
Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places
Ashton
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Idaho
1907 establishments in Idaho
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