Elks Lodge Building (Flint, Michigan)
Elks Lodge Building | |
Second Renaissance Revival | |
NRHP reference No. | 78001497[1] |
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Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 4, 1978 |
Designated MSHS | November 3, 1976 |
The Elks Lodge Building in Flint, Michigan, also known as Old Elks Building, was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
History
Elks Lodge 222 was organized in Flint in 1891. They first met in a block of rooms in the Ward - Building in downtown Flint, and in 1900 moved to larger quarters in the Judd Block. At that time there were 28 members of the Lodge, but membership quickly expanded, and in 1902 the Elks moved into a floor in the newly completed Dryden Building. However, by 1912, membership had increased to over 1000 people, and the Lodge was forced to look for a larger and more appropriate home. The Lodge began a fund-raising campaign under the leadership of founder William C. Durant, and in 1913 purchased the lot on which this building sits. They hired the Detroit firm of Malcomson and Higginbotham to design a new building, and the Battle Creek firm of H.V. Snyder & Son to construct it. The building opened in March 1914.[2]
Early members of the Elks Lodge 222 included not only William C. Durant, but his partner J. Dallas Dort,
The building was available for sale in 2015, listed at $375,000.[3]
Description
The Flint Elks Club is a two and a half story brick structure, three bays wide, with a hip roof covered in glazed tile. The building is of a simplified
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Janet L. Kreger (March 1978), NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM: Elks Lodge Building
- ^ a b c Dominic Adams (February 27, 2015). "Historic Flint Elks Lodge building, where city icons once mingled, up for sale". MLIVE. Retrieved March 11, 2017.