{"nrhp_refnum":"87002564","name":"Odd Fellows Building","other_names":["Odd Fellows Temple"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"442 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Malden","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.429362311000034,"lon":-71.06672975299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick fraternal hall and commercial building at 442 Main Street in the commercial center of Malden, Massachusetts, built in 1907 and dedicated in 1908 for the local Odd Fellows.","why_significant":"It was built at the height of Malden's growth as a streetcar suburb and housed the Odd Fellows' meeting halls alongside ground-floor shops and offices. It is a Second Renaissance Revival design by Boston architect Louis C. Newhall with elaborate terra cotta ornament. It retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and feeling, and is significant at the local level under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Rising four stories above Main Street in the center of Malden, this buff-brick building was constructed in 1907 for the local Odd Fellows and dedicated in June 1908. Boston architect Louis C. Newhall designed it in the Second Renaissance Revival style, with terra cotta medallions, an ornate modillion cornice and a Moorish-flavored pointed-arch entrance. Five local Odd Fellows bodies raised about $70,000 to build it, on land donated by member Thomas J. Springall. Shops occupied the ground floor, offices the second floor, and the upper floors held a dance hall, meeting rooms, a ladies parlor and a club room. A rear auditorium was later removed, and a 1957 fire damaged the rear second and third floors before a 1958 reopening. The exterior has changed little apart from 1970s storefronts. It reflects Malden's prosperity as a streetcar suburb and the role of fraternal organizations in community life, and it is recognized for both its history and its design.","period_of_significance":"1907-1937","architect_builder":"Louis C. Newhall","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Being rehabilitated, with the interior to be used as offices that retain significant portions of the original fabric; the form lists current functions as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.986107-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/7957/63795730/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/87002564.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002564/221a3170d7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002564/221a3170d7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"see below - cropped by Pdfpdf (talk) 11:29, 10 April 2010 (UTC)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odd_Fellows_Building,_Malden_MA2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">see below - cropped by Pdfpdf (talk) 11:29, 10 April 2010 (UTC)</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_Building,_Malden_MA2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795730","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows_Building_(Malden,_Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077330"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/odd-fellows-building-87002564/"}