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Odd Fellows (often incorrectly written as Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship [1]) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first known lodge was called Loyal Aristarcus Lodge No. 9, suggesting there were earlier ones in the 18th century.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was established in Cuba when Porvenir Lodge no.1 was instituted in Havana on August 26, 1883. More lodges were then instituted the following years. [31] In 2012 there were about 116 Odd Fellows Lodges, 50 Rebekahs Lodges, 33 Encampments, 12 cantons and 2 Junior Lodges, totaling to about 15,000 members in ...
An historic photo of the Odd Fellows building on Sale Street in downtown Ellettsville. The beautiful cursive-written records from the 1890s are bound in moldy leather covers.
Charles H. Brooks The Official History and Manual of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America Philadelphia; Odd Fellows Journal Print 1902; Michael Barga Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America (1843–present) The Social Welfare History Project. (Also contains a list of its sources, which includes CH Brooks.)
"Odd Fellows Home was built in 1893 as a tuberculosis sanatorium for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. It was subsequently used as a girls school and as the city hospital. In 1914 it became a rest home for aged Odd Fellows and an orphanage. The home was closed in 1966." [15]
The Odd Fellows Temple in East Liverpool, Ohio, was built in 1907.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]It was one of many buildings addressed in a study assessing historic resources in East Liverpool's central business district, a study resulted in the NRHP listing of several historic districts and buildings (including also Masonic Temple (East Liverpool, Ohio ...
The IOOF Building in Ashland, Oregon, also known as Oddfellows Building, is a two-story eclectic-styled building in "The Plaza" area of Ashland that was built in 1879.. Historically its second story served as a clubhouse of the local International Order of Odd Fellows chapter and the ground floor provided specialty store sp
Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged, also known as I.O.O.F. Home for the Aged, in Springfield, Ohio, was built in 1898. Its architecture is Renaissance and Chateauesque. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was designed by Joseph W. Yost and Frank Packard's firm of Yost & Packard. The building ...