Odd Fellows Hall (Monticello, Iowa) Explained

Odd Fellows Hall
Location:203 W. 1st St.
Monticello, Iowa
Coordinates:42.2378°N -91.1908°W
Built:1871
Architect:Carpenter & Cavell
Architecture:Italianate
Added:June 27, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85001377

The Odd Fellows Hall in Monticello, Iowa was built in 1871. It is a narrow, 20feet by 65feet Italianate commercial building.[1]

It was built for the Monticello Lodge No. 117 of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), that had been organized on March 16, 1858. The Odd Fellows group grew to a peak membership of 121 members, and at one point had an associated German-language lodge, William Tell #391 with 25 members, but the organization declined and was defunct by the 1920s.[1]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. According to the 1985 nomination, it was the best-preserved Italianate, late 19th century, commercial building in Monticello.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001377}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Odd Fellows Hall ]. National Park Service. 2016-06-27. James E. Jacobsen . April 29, 1985. with