Odd Fellows Hall - Big Oak Flat, CA - Odd Fellow Lodges on Waymarking.com

"The Odd Fellows Hall was originally two separate, one-story buildings built of dressed schist slabs set in lime mortar. Schist was plentiful in the area and proved to be an excellent building material. Lime had to be shipped in from a quarry near Sonora.

This was an excellent method of construction, utilized by many of the Gold Rush era buildings that still remain in the Southern Mines. The five large iron doors are set in perfectly squared brick frames. The second story was added in 1924 and is reached by a covered outdoor stairway.

The east half of the lower story housed Kent and Grant's Mercantile. The west half housed Michael Gilbert's grocery store.

Both buildings survived the fire of 1863 which destroyed the original Odd Fellows Hall. Shortly after the fire, the Odd Fellows Grant's store and in the 1880s, they purchased Gilbert's store.

The similarly constructed Gamble Building was the only other building in Big Oak Flat to survive the fire." (visit link)

Location Details: 17340 State Route 120 Big Oak Flat Date of construction: 1853 location website: Not listed

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