Odd Fellows' Hall (Beverly, Massachusetts)

Odd Fellows' Hall
Location Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°32′52.4″N 70°52′45.16″W / 42.547889°N 70.8792111°W / 42.547889; -70.8792111Coordinates: 42°32′52.4″N 70°52′45.16″W / 42.547889°N 70.8792111°W / 42.547889; -70.8792111
Built 1874
Architect J. Foster Ober; Williams Brothers,et al.
Architectural style Gothic
Part of Beverly Center Business District (#84002313[1])
NRHP Reference # 78001408[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 20, 1978
Designated CP July 5, 1984

The Odd Fellows' Hall in Beverly, Massachusetts occupies a prominent location on Cabot Street opposite city hall in Beverly Center. It is a 3.5 story High Gothic Revival building constructed in 1893 to a design by local architect J. Foster Ober. Its exterior is clad in brick with trim of granite and brownstone. Its roof is a cross gable style, steep roof with polychrome bands of slate tiles. The central portion of the roof is a deck surrounded by a wrought iron railing and is topped by a cupola and weathervane. One of its notable tenants was President William Howard Taft, who had offices in the building during summer residencies in Beverly.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,[1] and included in the Beverly Center Business District in 1984.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for Odd Fellows' Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-11.


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