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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.
Odd Fellows Lodge (Bel Air, Maryland) 1852: 1975 21 Pennsylvania Ave. Bel Air, Maryland: Greek Revival architecture [12] Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Sandy Spring Lodge #6430 1920s: 1308 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd
An image of the Odd Fellows Lodge #6430 building. It was built in the 1920s to serve the local Black community. This site was selected for a Heritage Fund Grant in 2006. Source: Pre-existing digital collection: Headline: Odd Fellows Lodge #6430, exterior: Label: Site, Exterior: Author: Preservation Maryland: City shown: Sandy Spring ...
The Odd Fellows, he said, was the second oldest, behind the Masons. Through the years the building housed a variety of businesses, including a grocery store, a men’s clothing store, a flower ...
A heart in hand has also been a symbol of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, [1] a fraternal organization derived from English Oddfellows orders of the mid-18th century. These commonly display three linked rings representing friendship, love, and truth.
English: Front of the main building of the Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged, located at 404 E. McCreight in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Built in 1881, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[7] [5] In 1843, the Philomathean Lodge, No. 646, was established in New York City with Peter Ogden as the first Grand Master. [6] [2] [8] Ogden initiated the other men into Odd Fellowship bringing over the ritual and symbolism from England and oversaw the creation of a second lodge in New York, the Hamilton Lodge, No. 710.
Odd Fellows lodges were first documented in 1730 in England from which many organizations emerged. While several unofficial Odd Fellows lodges had existed in New York City sometime in the period 1806 to 1818, the American Odd Fellows is regarded as being founded with Washington Lodge No 1 in Baltimore at the Seven Stars Tavern on April 26, 1819, by Thomas Wildey along with some associates who ...