W. Ward Williams was the architect of this fine hall, built in 1912 for the local lodge of the International Order of Odd Fellows.(1) Like most lodge halls, it was built with the meeting hall upstairs, so that the ground floor could be given over to rent-paying storefronts. The building has been neatly restored and is now home to Community Kitchen Pittsburgh.
The three-link chain is the emblem of the Odd Fellows.
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Footnotes
- From the Construction Record, January 6, 1912: “NEW LODGE BUILDING. Specifications are out for the new store and hall building, to be erected in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, for the Hazel Glen Lodge I. O. O. F., to be erected at Second avenue and Flowers avenue. Plans for the building have been prepared by Architect W. Ward Williams, Magee building. The building, which will be three stories, 48×96 feet, will be constructed of brick and stone, with pitch, gravel and slag roofing, concrete foundations, metal ceilings for the stores, yellow and white pine, cypress, etc. The heating, plumbing, electric wiring, lighting fixtures, and sanitary floors are reserved.” (↩)
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