File:Odd Fellows Building And Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA HABS GA,61-ATLA,1B- (sheet 8 Of 9).tif
Related names:
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson
- Fulton Social Club
- Edwards, William A
- Pharrow, Robert
- Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
HABS GA,61-ATLA,1B- (sheet 8 of 9) - Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
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HABS GA,61-ATLA,1B- (sheet 8 of 9)
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- Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Benjamin J. Davis, politician, newspaper publisher and principal organizer of the Odd Fellows. The 2 structures originally housed small shops, major black business offices, a 1300-seat auditorium and movie theater, fraternal order offices and lodge rooms, professional services, vocational schools, and a social club...
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59
- Survey number: HABS GA-1170-B
- Building/structure dates: 1911- 1913 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: 1939 Subsequent Work
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