{"nrhp_refnum":"91000344","name":"Arroyo Grande IOOF Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"128 Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arroyo Grande","county":"San Luis Obispo County","state":"CA","lat":35.12232666700004,"lon":-120.57822947999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story sandstone commercial and fraternal hall at 128 Bridge Street in the original Arroyo Grande village commercial district, San Luis Obispo County, California, built in 1902 in a restrained Romanesque style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion C as an excellent example of a small-town turn-of-the-century commercial/fraternal hall. Its stone construction and height set it apart from the mostly one-story brick and modern downtown buildings. It also retains nearly perfect architectural integrity, with very few alterations.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at 128 Bridge Street, this sandstone hall in downtown Arroyo Grande was designed by lodge secretary A. F. Parsons for Odd Fellows Lodge No. 285. C. H. Lockwood of Redlands handled the stonework, and B. F. Stewart of Arroyo Grande did the woodwork, painting, tinning and plumbing. The building is two stories in front and three in back, with rusticated local yellow sandstone, segmental arches and a crenellated parapet that reflect a restrained Romanesque influence. The ground floor was designed as rental retail space, first used as a funeral parlor and later for an accordion studio, a furniture store and a tire repair shop. The upper floors held the lodge meeting room and a social room, and other fraternal groups also met there. Alterations have been minimal, mainly iron tie rods added after the 1906 earthquake, a fire escape and new fixtures. The lodge sold the hall to the South County Historical Society in 1985, and it is valued for its exceptional integrity and small-town design.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Parsons, A.F.; Lockwood, C.H. & B.F. Stewart","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition; the first floor is used for museum collections by the South County Historical Society, and the upper floors remain a lodge meeting room and social room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.260582-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/91000344.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000344/512b6ace91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000344/512b6ace91-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I.O.O.F._-_Arroyo_Grande,_CA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</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:I.O.O.F._-_Arroyo_Grande,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861444","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo_Grande_IOOF_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4796236"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-luis-obispo-county/arroyo-grande-ioof-hall-91000344/"}