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HABS GA,61-ATLA,1B- (sheet 1 of 9) - Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
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Davis, Benjamin Jefferson
Fulton Social Club
Edwards, William A
Pharrow, Robert
Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
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HABS GA,61-ATLA,1B- (sheet 1 of 9) - Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Depicted place Georgia; Fulton County; Atlanta
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS GA,61-ATLA,1B- (sheet 1 of 9)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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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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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 76000631.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ga0209.sheet.00001a
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Object location33° 44′ 56″ N, 84° 23′ 17.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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