1906 - IOOF Hall - Fromberg, MT
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N 45° 23.514 W 108° 54.529
12T E 663689 N 5028614
While known to the National Register as the IOOF Hall and Fromberg Co-operative Mercantile Building, today it is neither.
Waymark Code: WMXTVM
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2018
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Built and financed in 1906 by the Odd Fellows of Fromberg, the two story brick building immediately became the IOOF Hall upstairs while the downstairs was rented to the Fromberg Co-operative Mercantile for use as a department store. This was the first building in Fromberg to be built of masonry, in this case bricks and mortar. Owned by the patrons of the co-op, its profits were divided among them according to the dollar value of purchases made. The co-op folded in 1911.
The first masonry building in Fromberg, the hall was built by John Gibson, a local contractor, with little money wasted on decoration and embellishment, the only real decoration being brick corbelling at the cornice on the two street sides of the building, serving as cornice brackets, modillions or dentils, depending on one's paradigm. As well, a concrete medallion is inset at the center of the front parapet, just below the cornice, holding metal figures "IOOF," "1906," and the Odd Fellows emblem.
The Odd Fellows themselves were only active for about 20 years, after which the building's fate is unknown until 1964, when the post office moved in, remaining there today.
Year of construction: 1906
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription: !OOF
1906
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