{"nrhp_refnum":"07000085","name":"IOOF Lodge #355","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18819 East CA 88","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clements","county":"San Joaquin County","state":"CA","lat":38.191511407000064,"lon":-121.08611327599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, flat-roofed brick Odd Fellows lodge hall at 18819 East State Highway 88 in Clements, San Joaquin County, California, built in 1917 for I.O.O.F. Lodge #355.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for local significance in social history under Criterion A, for the property's association with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its role in the town of Clements. The hall served as the town's social hub for meetings, dances, dinners and pageants. The lodge also ran the community May Day Picnic for years. The period of significance runs from the 1917 construction to an arbitrary 1956 cutoff.","narrative":"Built in 1917 on land bought from the Stillman L. Magee Estate, this two-story unpainted brick building in Clements, California, was constructed as the meeting hall of I.O.O.F. Lodge #355. It has a flat roof, pilasters, a small parapet and evenly spaced arched double-hung windows. Upstairs, the lodge room keeps its original wood floors, staircase, pews and the peepholes in the meeting-room door. Downstairs, a large open room and a kitchen served social gatherings. The lodge, chartered in 1889, became the social center of the town, hosting dances, dinners and pageants, and it ran the popular May Day Picnic until 1925. Other groups also met there. Membership declined, and the lodge merged with the Lockeford lodges in 1976. California recognized the hall as a Point of Historical Interest in 1992. A restoration carried out from 2004 to 2005 followed federal preservation standards. It is listed for its role in the community's social life from 1917 to 1956.","period_of_significance":"1917-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored between March 2004 and March 2005 following the Secretary of the Interior's Standards; the first floor has been altered with wood paneling and a later kitchen, and a later outside restroom has been demolished. Current use is listed as a specialty store.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.821048-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/07000085.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOOF_Lodge_No._355","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5972906"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-joaquin-county/ioof-lodge-355-07000085/"}