{"nrhp_refnum":"86002813","name":"Gabilan Lodge No. 372-Independent Order of Odd Fellows","other_names":["Odd Fellows Lodge"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"117 Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gonzales","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.50767766200005,"lon":-121.44351276399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story vernacular neo-classical lodge hall at 117 Fourth Street in Gonzales, Monterey County, California, built in 1914 of cast-in-place concrete to designs by architect H. B. Douglas, with a rear addition from the 1940s.","why_significant":"Architecturally, it is one of three remaining grand public buildings in the rural community of Gonzales, and its cast-in-place concrete construction was unusual for the period. It also survives almost fully intact inside and out. Socially, it served as a social and financial center, since the Odd Fellows offered members ritual, fellowship and life and health insurance.","narrative":"Gabilan Lodge Number 372 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a one-story neo-classical hall at 117 Fourth Street in Gonzales, California. Designed by architect H. B. Douglas and built by Contractor Perry, it replaced a wood-frame meeting house lost in a town fire in September 1914, and the first meeting in the new building took place in January 1915. Its cast-in-place concrete walls were an unusual choice for the time. The three-bay front has pilasters, round-arched windows with fan lights and a pressed metal cornice, setting it apart from neighboring commercial buildings. A kitchen and dining room were added at the rear in the 1940s. The interior keeps its original light fixtures, pressed metal ceiling and skylight. The lodge mattered because the Odd Fellows offered ritual, social life and insurance, and about 200 members joined in a town of 500 to 1,000. The City of Gonzales bought the building in 1985.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"H. B. Douglas (architect); Contractor Perry (builder)","architectural_style":"Vernacular neo-classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used continuously as the Gabilan Lodge meeting hall from construction until purchased by the City of Gonzales in 1985; the city proposes meeting space in the original part and a senior center in the addition. Described as virtually intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.815774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/86002813.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002813/60265a35d8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002813/60265a35d8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"McGhiever","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gonzales_Odd_Fellows_Lodge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">McGhiever</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:Gonzales_Odd_Fellows_Lodge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows_Hall_(Gonzales,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/gabilan-lodge-no-372-independent-order-of-odd-fellows-86002813/"}