{"nrhp_refnum":"05000770","name":"Odd Fellows Hall","other_names":["Tadmore Light Lodge, IOOF No.6184","150-0087"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203 Gilbert St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blacksburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.23609835700006,"lon":-80.42078416599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Odd Fellows Hall is a two-story wood-frame lodge and social hall at 203 Gilbert Street in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, built in 1905. It served the Tadmore Light Lodge, I.O.O.F. No. 6184, in the New Town community.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hall is significant under Criterion A for Black American ethnic heritage. It served as a lodge and community social hall at the center of the New Town community from 1905 to 1955. It also retains a high degree of historic integrity, including its original finishes and heavy timber construction.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at 203 Gilbert Street in Blacksburg, this narrow two-story frame hall housed the Tadmore Light Lodge of the Odd Fellows and served the New Town community for decades. The building measures about 20 by 38 feet, rests on a poured concrete foundation, and is clad in white weatherboards under a standing-seam metal roof. It has no ornament and is described as a simple vernacular design shaped by function. Inside, a large first-floor room hosted church suppers, dances and community meetings, while the second-floor meeting room was reserved for lodge members. Original pine floors, plaster walls and beaded board ceilings survive. Its significance rests on its role in Black American ethnic heritage between 1905 and 1955. Today the building is vacant and used for storage, and it shows deterioration, including damage from a truck collision at the northwest corner.","period_of_significance":"1905 - 1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style (simple vernacular)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and not in use, with some storage. Some structural deterioration exists, including a recent truck collision that shifted the west wall about four inches off the foundation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.436264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/6819/41681997/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05000770.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000770/456d919beb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000770/456d919beb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Skye Marthaler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odd_Fellows_Hall_-_Blacksburg.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Skye Marthaler</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odd_Fellows_Hall_-_Blacksburg.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681997","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows_Hall_(Blacksburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/odd-fellows-hall-05000770/"}