Odd Fellows Hall (Portsmouth, Ohio)

	Odd Fellows Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Front and southern side
Location	500-506 Court St., Portsmouth, Ohio
Coordinates	38°44′3″N 83°0′2″W / 38.73417°N 83.00056°W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1871
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	87002090
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1987

The Odd Fellows Hall in Portsmouth, Ohio is an Odd Fellows building.

It was built in 1871 in Italianate style. It served historically as a meeting hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1] The Orient Lodge No. 337, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, no longer owns this building and property, it is now owned by Charles Euton Real Estate. The Orient Lodge No. 337, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, went Defunct on April 28, 2023, after their Secretary John Burgess did not turn in the Annual Report for 2022 to the Grand Lodge of Ohio. They have been striving to keep this lodge going for many years. Scioto Lodge No. 31, consolidated with the Orient Lodge No. 337, in the year of 1985. The Orient Lodge No. 337, was instituted on June 2nd, 1858.

It is a three-story building on the corner of Fifth Street and Court Street and has a projecting cornice.^[2]

It was built in 1880 by the local I.O.O.F. chapter (Scioto Lodge No. 31), which was formed in 1844. It is notable as a rare surviving example in Portsmouth of an intact Italianate commercial building. Doorways and windows on its first floor are set off by stone columns that appear to be Tuscan order, which support a plain entablature. On January 1, 1987, it was transferred over to the Orient Lodge No. 337, On January 21, 2009, Howard and Kathryn Sanford purchased it. On March 21, 2012, it was purchased by Sonny Rentals LLC. On June 15, 2017, it was turned over to Sonny Rentals LLC. and on January 16, 2019, it was turned over to Broad of County Commissioners. ^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Odd Fellows Hall Portsmouth Ohio". Waymarking. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
^ Marion Schlefer (June 1988). "Independent Order of Odd Fellows, HABS No. OH-2316, Photographs, Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). HABS.

External links

[1] HABS files]
Photo of Odd Fellows Hall, at Flickr]
[2] Grand Lodge of Ohio]
[3] Ohio Odd Fellows Subordinate Lodges of the Past & Present]
[4] Sovereign Grand Lodge]

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[waymarking-2] "Odd Fellows Hall Portsmouth Ohio". Waymarking. Retrieved February 11, 2017.

[habs-3] Marion Schlefer (June 1988). "Independent Order of Odd Fellows, HABS No. OH-2316, Photographs, Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). HABS.

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