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The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. It has more than 750,000+ members at 1,928 lodges. The fraternity currently focuses on Community, Friendship, and Charity.
Summit NJ Elks Lodge No. 1246 Host of Mad Money on CNBC: Walter Cronkite: Broadcast journalist and anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years Andy Devine: San Fernando CA Elks Lodge No. 1539 Actor Jack Elam: Ashland OR Lodge No. 944 Actor Rich Hall: Livingston MT Lodge No. 246 Comedian, writer, documentary maker, and musician Bill Hughes
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' Lodge 878 building was designed by the Ballinger Company [1] [2] in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. [3] [4] It is composed of the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story main building at 82-10 Queens Boulevard; a two-story annex to the east at 82-20 Queens Boulevard; and a three-story rear addition to the south of the main building. [5]
Quaker City Elks Lodge No. 720, IBPOEW, Philadelphia, was founded in 1926. In 1945 it was the reportedly the second-largest African-American Elks lodge in the country. In 1930, the Lodge erected a home at 1943 Christian Street, in the area now known as the Christian Street Historic District. [12] Christopher Perry Lodge, No. 965, of Philadelphia
The Williams Avenue YWCA, also known as the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, is an historic building in north Portland, Oregon. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the structure was heavily damaged by fire in 2021.
The Willimantic Elks Club is a historic Elks lodge at 198 Pleasant Street in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut.Built in 1925 for a lodge founded in 1914, it is one of the finest examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the region, and has been a major site of social events in the community since.
The Elks Lodge, or Medford Elks Building (also known as BPOE Lodge No. 1168), in Medford, Oregon, was built in 1915. [1] The building, located at 202 N. Central Ave, was closed by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in 2014, and sold in 2017. It was named one of Oregon's Most Endangered Places by Restore Oregon. [2]
Rome Elks Lodge No. 96, also known as the Benjamin Leonard House, is a historic Elk's lodge located at Rome in Oneida County, New York.It consists of an asymmetrical, early Italianate style brick main section (c. 1848), with a large rectangular rear addition (1932), and a sun porch and projecting Classical Revival style portico (1926).