IOOF Hall (Stevensville, Montana)

The IOOF Hall in Stevensville, Montana, also known as the Stevensville Historical Society Museum, was built starting in 1912.[2] It is a vernacular architecture building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

IOOF Hall
Location217-219 Main St., Stevensville, Montana
Coordinates46°30′37″N 114°5′35″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
Built byJ.J. Hightower
Architectural styleVernacular 2-bay commercial
MPSStevensville MPS
NRHP reference No.91000747[1]
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1991

Frank Grant, writing in its National Register nomination, states:

The I.O.O.F. Hall, built ca. 1912, is a fine example of the typical Main Street lodge hall found in many rural communities. Built during a period of optimism and growth in Stevensville, the building suggests that members assumed the lodge would continue to play the significant role in community life that it had played during the frontier era.

The building later served as town hall, library, and firehouse for Stevensville.[2]

It was built where the former Wells Building had stood, until destroyed in the 1905 fire in downtown Stevensville. [2]

The Stevensville Historical Museum is now located at 517 Main Street, Stevensville.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Frank Grant (October 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: I.O.O.F. Hall / Stevensville Historical Society Museum". National Park Service. Retrieved January 3, 2017. with three photos from 1990


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