Odd Fellows Hall

Architect: John B. Snook
Year: 1848
Style: Queen Anne
City: Manhattan, NY

Odd Fellows Hall at 165-171 Grand Street was built in 1847-1848 by the firm of Trench & Snook in the Italianate style, one of the earliest buildings in the city to use it. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows occupied the building until the 1880s, when they moved uptown with the city's growing population.

the building

Added mansard roof. The mansard roof was not part of the original design — it was added in 1881-1882 by architect John Buckingham after the Odd Fellows' long occupancy of the building.

the style

Joseph Trench brought the Italianate style to New York with his 1845 design for 280 Broadway; Odd Fellows Hall, designed with his partner John B. Snook, was among the city's earliest buildings in that style.

the architect

John B. Snook, partner in the firm of Trench & Snook, went on to design many of SoHo's cast-iron buildings.

significance

The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1982 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

nearby

240 Centre Street 140 ft · Beaux-Arts · 1909
Stephen Van Rensselaer House 240 ft · Federal · 1816
Storefront for Art and Architecture 0.1 mi · 1982
254-260 Canal Street 0.2 mi · Renaissance Revival
E. V. Haughwout Building 0.2 mi · Cast Iron · 1857
Bowery Savings Bank 0.2 mi · Beaux-Arts · 1834

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