{"nrhp_refnum":"83001218","name":"Odd Fellows Hall","other_names":["Odd Fellows Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"309-311 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Santa Ana","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.747488340000075,"lon":-117.86719092299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick commercial and lodge building at 309-311 North Main Street in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, built in 1906 for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 236.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a rare surviving late Victorian commercial structure in Santa Ana, with a facade unusual for the city. It also housed Odd Fellows Lodge No. 236 from 1906 to 1981, a group tied to prominent local citizens and charitable aid. Its ground floor was the early home of the Santa Ana Register, later Orange County's largest newspaper.","narrative":"Built in 1906, this three-story brick building at 309-311 North Main Street in Santa Ana combined street-level shops with a two-story lodge hall for Odd Fellows Lodge No. 236. Architect C. B. Bradshaw drew the plans and local contractors Funk and Bird built it. The front is glazed brick in beige, tan and dusty rose, topped by a metal cornice on 22 scrolled brackets and divided by five Tuscan pilasters. The design is described as unusual among Santa Ana buildings and as one of the last remaining late Victorian commercial examples in the city. Inside, the lodge room, upstairs meeting rooms and basement dining room retain much original woodwork and detail, though the first floor was completely altered. The lodge met here until 1981 and provided aid to the sick, aged and dependent. The Santa Ana Register, later Orange County's largest newspaper, was the first tenant at Number 311, from 1906 to 1913. Restoration for commercial use was under way when the property was nominated.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":"Funk & Bird/C.B. Bradshaw","architectural_style":"Late Victorian in character; interior woodwork is Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Storefronts last vacated in 1980; rehabilitation for commercial use was in progress at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.869977-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83001218.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001218/579cdea5a0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001218/579cdea5a0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cbl62","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odd_Fellows_Hall,_Santa_Ana,_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cbl62</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,_Santa_Ana,_California.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84000438","name":"Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts (North, Government/Institutional and South, Retail)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/downtown-santa-ana-historic-districts-north-government-institutional-and-south-r-84000438/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860290","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows_Hall_(Santa_Ana,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077362"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/odd-fellows-hall-83001218/"}