| Odd Fellows Hall | |
| Location: | 500-506 Court St., Portsmouth, Ohio |
| Coordinates: | 38.7342°N -83.0006°W |
| Built: | 1871 |
| Architecture: | Italianate |
| Added: | December 8, 1987 |
| Area: | Less than |
| Refnum: | 87002090 |
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. 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.[1]
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.[2]