| Philadelphia Lodge No.2 BPOE (1925) | |
| Location: | 306-320 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.9583°N -75.1628°W |
| Built: | 1922-1925 |
| Demolished: | 1992 |
| Architect: | Andrew J. Sauer |
| Architecture: | Regency |
| Added: | August 23, 1984 |
| Delisted: | June 23, 2023 |
| Refnum: | 84003535 |
The Philadelphia Lodge No. 2 BPOE, also known as the Philadelphia Athletic Club, was a historic American Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) lodge that occupied 306-320 North Broad Street in the Logan Square neighborhood of Center City Philadelphia.
This lodge, built between 1922 and 1925, was a thirteen-story building. The BPOE moved into the new lodge from the four-story building located at 1320–1322 Arch Street, built between 1904 and 1906, and designed by Francis Caldwell and Edward Simon, that still stands.[1] [2]
The Elks occupied the bottom five floors, with residential/hotel accommodations in the higher eight floors. The lower floors included meeting rooms, restaurants, ballrooms, and auditoria. The entrance featured a two-storey portal framed in limestone and capped by a giant keystone.[3]
Although being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the building was purchased by Hahnemann University for $2.35 million in 1991 and was demolished the following year.[4] It was removed from the National Register in 2023.[5]