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I.O.O.F. Building Circa 1970

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I.O.O.F. Building (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), on Market Street at Sixth Avenue. Built in 1882 as a joint effort of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges, this revival-style building required nearly a decade to complete due to a lack of money and materials. A parade kicked off the long awaited laying of the cornerstone, into which was placed a casket containing valuable coins, historic documents, and even a stone from Solomon's Temple. The lodges shared the second floor until the Mason's moved to a new hall in 1910.

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