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Odd Fellows Hall (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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The former Odd Fellows Hall, located at 536 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, in the United States
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, is an historic building built in 1884 by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were...
. On April 13, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. It is now the Dance Complex.
National Register listing
- Odd Fellows Hall ** (added 1982 - Building - #82001967)
- 536 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
- Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Hartwell & Richardson
- Architectural Style: Other, Romanesque
- Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History, Entertainment/Recreation
- Period of Significance: 1875-1899
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Social
- Historic Sub-function: Clubhouse, Specialty Store
- Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Social
- Current Sub-function: Clubhouse, Specialty Store
History
The building was built in 1884 by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Like many lodge halls of the time, it had business and commercial space on the ground floor while the lodge hall was upstairs.Current use
The Odd Fellows Hall is now owned and run by the Dance Complex, which was formed to buy and save the building. The facilities include 6 dance studios and the Julie Ince Thompson Theatre.See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Odd Fellows HallOdd Fellows HallThe Odd Fellows Hall in Covington, Kentucky is located at the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Madison Avenue. It was constructed in 1856 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge, and was the center of Covington's civic and political life for most of the Victorian era. When the American...