Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252 Explained

Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252
Location:601 Lake Ave., Racine, Wisconsin
Coordinates:42.7269°N -87.7811°W
Built:1912
Architect:Guilbert & Funston
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 7, 1984
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:84003778

The Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252 is an historic building located in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1912 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was probably designed primarily by A. Arthur Guilbert.[1] [2]

The 3-story building is a Neoclassical design, with red brick walls trimmed in limestone and brick quoins on the corners. The entrances are framed in Tuscan columns and pilasters. The first and second floor windows are accented with keystones. Above the third floor windows is a wide wooden cornice, and above that a brick parapet.[1]

The lodge closed in January 2011 and the building has since been repurposed for office space.[3] In 2014, the top floor of the building was fully renovated to accommodate the new headquarters for the intellectual property law firm Jansson Munger McKinley & Kirby, Ltd.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84003778}} NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Racine Elks Club, Lodge #252]. National Park Service. Katherine H. Rankin. Timothy Heggland. 1984-05-15. 2018-07-23. With
  2. Web site: Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2018-07-23.
  3. News: Jones . Stephanie . Racine Elks Lodge closes . 2018-07-23 . The Journal Times . 2011-01-17.
  4. Web site: Our Wisconsin Office . Jansson Munber McKinley & Kirby Ltd. . 2018-07-23.