{"nrhp_refnum":"82001865","name":"Elks Lodge","other_names":["Eagles Lodge Building (F.O.E.)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"138 W. North St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Allen County","state":"OH","lat":40.74309384600008,"lon":-84.10635897099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick and stone fraternal lodge building at 138 West North Street in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, built in 1909 in the Prairie School style and designed by Hulsken and McLaughlin. It was originally built for the Elks and later bought by the Eagles.","why_significant":"The inventory describes it as a fine example of early Prairie School design with Wrightian and Sullivanesque influences. It is called the only building of this type known in Allen County and the region's only distinct example of Prairie School architecture. A reviewer noted it could also be significant under Criterion A, but no attempt was made to qualify it under that criterion.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at 138 West North Street in Lima, this lodge was designed by the architects Hulsken and McLaughlin for the Elks. The fraternal order Eagles bought it in 1921 and still used it when the building was surveyed. The rectangular, load-bearing brick building has a flat roof, a concrete foundation and a split-level arrangement. The first story is smooth dressed stone, and the upper story is tan brick with a projecting stringcourse and geometric-patterned pilasters between the second-floor windows. Open stone stairs and a broad porch with square urns lead to the North Street entrance. Side doors have wooden canopies, and a semicircular stained glass fan window is recessed above them. Inside are an open marble staircase and elaborate molding on the first floor. An addition in the same style, containing a ballroom and bowling alley, was built to the north and east. The building is valued as a fine early Prairie School design with Wrightian and Sullivanesque influences, and as the only such building known in Allen County.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hulsken and McLaughlin (architects)","architectural_style":"Prairie School","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition inside and out; used by a fraternal order (Eagles), which purchased it in 1921.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.268176-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001865/38ecb2e5ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001865/38ecb2e5ee-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elks_Lodge_in_Lima_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elks_Lodge_in_Lima_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984414","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elks_Lodge_(Lima,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364395"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/allen-county/elks-lodge-82001865/"}