{"nrhp_refnum":"83001737","name":"Odd Fellows Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"165-171 Grand St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.71977405100006,"lon":-73.99768646199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brownstone-faced hall at 165-171 Grand Street in Manhattan, built in 1847-48 to designs by Trench & Snook, with a two-story mansard roof addition of 1881-82 by John Buckingham.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an important early work of Trench & Snook and a fine example of the Anglo-Italianate style they helped introduce in New York. It is an early institutional use of brownstone facing and one of the few surviving institutional buildings from the 1840s. It was also the first New York home of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.","narrative":"Occupying a trapezoidal corner site at 165-171 Grand Street in Manhattan, this six-story hall was built in 1847-48 to designs by Trench & Snook for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Its brownstone facades have a rusticated ground floor, colossal Corinthian pilasters, slightly projecting central bays and a wide denticulated cornice, reflecting the Anglo-Italianate style the firm helped bring to New York. Brownstone was then new for institutional buildings, and few institutional structures from the 1840s survive in the city. The hall was apparently the first in New York built specifically for the Odd Fellows, a fraternal society devoted to aiding the sick, the poor and orphans. As the city grew northward, the order sold the building to printing-press maker R. Hoe & Company, which converted it for manufacturing. In 1881-82 architect John Buckingham replaced the original dome with a two-story Queen Anne mansard addition. The ground floor has since been altered for commercial use, and the interior has lost its significant features.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Trench & Snook; roof addition: John Buckingham","architectural_style":"Anglo-Italianate (Italianate), with Queen Anne style roof addition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated and altered; ground floor converted to commercial use, with windows and doorways boarded up; no significant interior features remain. Form also marks the property as occupied and in industrial use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.509784-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001737.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001737/d690cf07c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001737/d690cf07c0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odd_Fellows_Grand_%26_Centre_Sts_sunny_morn_jeh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odd_Fellows_Grand_%26_Centre_Sts_sunny_morn_jeh.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000012","name":"Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/chinatown-and-little-italy-historic-district-10000012/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319798","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows_Hall_(New_York_City)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077357"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/odd-fellows-hall-83001737/"}