{"nrhp_refnum":"78000751","name":"Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building","other_names":["Masonic - Odd Fellows Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"526 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Diego","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":32.71168219600003,"lon":-117.15942263199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial and lodge building at 526 Market Street (corner of Sixth Avenue) in San Diego, California, completed in 1882 and designed by architect Levi Goodrich as a joint hall for the Masons and Odd Fellows.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is important for its role in San Diego's late 19th and early 20th century social life, as the meeting place of Masonic Lodge No. 35 and Odd Fellows Lodge No. 153. It also presents the building as the work of Levi Goodrich, described as one of California's first and finest architects of his time. Areas checked are architecture and social/humanitarian.","narrative":"Completed in 1882 at the corner of Market Street and Sixth Avenue in San Diego, this two-story brick building was designed as a shared home for two fraternal groups, Masonic Lodge No. 35 and Odd Fellows Lodge No. 153. Its street level holds seven rental spaces, with two large lodge halls and a kitchen upstairs. The exterior follows a pseudo Italian Renaissance commercial style, with a cast iron Doric first story, plastered second-story arched windows topped with pediments, a balustrade parapet and a central balcony. Plans were first commissioned in 1873, but funding and construction problems delayed the work for years, and Levi Goodrich returned in 1881 to revise his earlier design. A rear addition was made in 1905. The nomination values the building for its architecture and for the part the two lodges played in San Diego's civic and social development, noting that Lodge No. 35 was the first chartered in southern California.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Levi Goodrich","architectural_style":"Pseudo Italian Renaissance style adapted to commercial buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as occupied, in good condition, altered, and on its original site, with commercial, educational and cultural uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.619752-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000751.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000751/10f06fb776-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000751/10f06fb776-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bernard Gagnon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I.O.O.F_Building,_San_Diego.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernard Gagnon</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:I.O.O.F_Building,_San_Diego.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80000841","name":"Gaslamp Quarter Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/gaslamp-quarter-historic-district-80000841/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860890","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows_Building_(San_Diego)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6016928"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/independent-order-of-odd-fellows-building-78000751/"}