Oddfellows House

Oddfellows House
Location 825 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates 64°50′40″N 147°43′39″W / 64.84444°N 147.72750°W / 64.84444; -147.72750Coordinates: 64°50′40″N 147°43′39″W / 64.84444°N 147.72750°W / 64.84444; -147.72750
Area Less than one acre
Built 1907
NRHP Reference # 80004569[1]
Added to NRHP June 3, 1980

The Oddfellows House is a former fraternal clubhouse of Oddfellows at 825 1st Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is a wood-frame building with two sections, the front one a narrow two-story structure, the rear one a wider single-story structure. Each section has its own gable roof, although they do briefly align. The building was built in 1907 by Madame Renio, a fortune teller, and initially housed a clinic and residential space in the front and a bathhouse in the rear. The bathhouse business failed after its pipes froze in the winter of 1909-10, and the building was purchased by the local chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). This fraternal organization converted the front space into a kitchen and bathroom, and the rear was converted into a large meeting hall. Under the IOOF's ownership the hall was used by a wide variety of civic and religious organizations, including its sister organization, the Golden Rebekahs. The IOOF chapter was disbanded between the 1930s and 1945, and the building ownership was taken over by the Golden Rebekahs.[2] The Rebekahs disbanded in 2007, and the space was briefly used as a museum; it now houses a retail establishment.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Oddfellows House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Fairbanks bathhouse a home for many different groups". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. August 7, 2011. Retrieved 2015-03-16.


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