Odd Fellows Hall

203 W. 1st St., Monticello, Iowa. County/parish: Jones.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 1985. NRIS 85001377.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Odd Fellows Hall (Monticello, Iowa)

The Odd Fellows Hall in Monticello, Iowa was built in 1871. It is a narrow, 20 feet (6.1 m) by 65 feet (20 m) Italianate commercial building.: 2 

It was built for the Monticello Lodge No. 117 of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), that had been organized on March 16, 1858. The Odd Fellows group grew to a peak membership of 121 members, and at one point had an associated German-language lodge, William Tell #391 with 25 members, but the organization declined and was defunct by the 1920s.: 4 

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. According to the 1985 nomination, it was the best-preserved Italianate, late 19th century, commercial building in Monticello.: 2 

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75339252

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