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www.elks.org. 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. The communal tomb of Elks Lodge No. 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fraternity currently focuses on Community, Friendship and Charity.
1926. Elks National Memorial and Headquarters. The Elks National Veterans Memorial (officially the Elks National Memorial and Headquarters Building[1]) is a Beaux Arts-style domed building at 2750 North Lakeview Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is across from Lincoln Park and close to the park's Goethe Monument and statue of Alexander Hamilton.
Prescott, Arizona. Early Commercial architecture, [1] very prominent in the city. 4. BPOE Elks Club (Little Rock, Arkansas) 1908 built. 1982 NRHP-listed. 4th and Scott Sts. 34°44′44″N 92°16′9″W / 34.74556°N 92.26917°W / 34.74556; -92.26917 (BPOE Elks Club (Little Rock, Arkansas)) Little Rock, Arkansas.
The Elks Club and Store Building—Dickenson Lodge #1137, also known as Elks Club or Elks Building, is an Early Commercial building in Dickinson, North Dakota, United States. It was built in 1913. It has been used as a meeting hall, a specialty store, and a business. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Emblem Club of the United States of America – founded in 1926 as an organization of female relatives of Elks. Effectively operates as the Elks unofficial auxiliary. [6][9] Sons of Idle Rest – founded in the 1890s, this was a side degree of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Its purpose was largely "recreative" and for the ...
The order was organized during World War I by a group of female relatives of the Elks who met to wrap bandages to send to wounded soldiers overseas. [2] The group eventually decided to turn their circle into a regular club, and were incorporated in the State of Rhode Island, "charted" on April 27, 1926 and "filed in the office of the Secretary of State" the following May 3.
The Stella Hotel & Ballroom, formerly the Kenosha Elks Club, in 2022. The City of Kenosha issued a raze order on December 23, 2011, at which point a group calling themselves "Preserve the Elks" formed to save the building from demolition. On March 22, 2012, Kenosha's Historic Preservation Committee voted 4–1 to delay the vote on supporting or ...
Numerous economic changes have not changed the basic character, historic courthouse area. The historic district retains the distinctive turn-of-the-19th-century architecture, supporting numerous small specialty shops, shaded sidewalks, and a people friendly environment. [2] The Downtown District, is anchored on the Porter County Courthouse. It ...