Odd Fellows Building (Owensboro, Kentucky) Explained

Odd Fellows Building
Location:200-204 W. Third St., Owensboro, Kentucky
Coordinates:37.7733°N -87.1122°W
Built:1895
Architecture:Beaux Arts, Renaissance Revival, and Italian Renaissance Revival
Added:March 28, 1986
Refnum:86000758

The Odd Fellows Building in Owensboro, Kentucky, also denoted DAOB 86, is a three-story building that was built in 1895. It served historically as a professional building, as a clubhouse, and as a specialty store. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It is one of the most complex buildings, architecturally, in downtown Owensboro, and includes eclectic Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance Revival details.

The Odd Fellows chapter had membership of 125 men in 1895 when this building, with third floor lodge space for the chapter, was built. The rest of the building has always been commercial, with the first floor as retail space and the second floor as office space.[1]

It was listed onto the National Register in 1986 along with multiple other historic resources in Owensboro, as result of a multiple resources study.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=86000758}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation Sheet: Odd Fellows Building ]. . Glenda Thacker . August 9, 1985 . March 4, 2017 . with
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000247}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Owensboro (MRA) ]. . Glenda Thacker . August 9, 1985 . March 4, 2017 .