Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple

Historic NRHP building in Boise, Idaho

United States historic place


Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple in 2019
43°35′30″N 116°11′35″W / 43.59167°N 116.19306°W / 43.59167; -116.19306 (Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907 (1907)
Architect	Tourtellotte, John E. & Company
MPS	Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR
NRHP reference No.	82000237^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1982

The Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple in Boise, Idaho, is a 2-story building with a prominent stepped gable. An early example in Boise of cast concrete block construction, the building was designed by Tourtellotte & Co., and it was completed in 1907.

The Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[2]

The International Order of Odd Fellows was an active fraternal organization in Idaho at the beginning of the 20th century. Boise already included lodge No. 3, organized in 1868, lodge No. 77, organized in 1900, and lodge No. 97, organized in 1902.^[3] The Rosedale lodge, No. 102, was organized in 1904 in South Boise, and it was described by the Idaho Statesman as "one of the best equipped fraternal buildings in Idaho."^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rosedale Odd Fellows Temple". National Park Service. Retrieved January 2, 2019. With accompanying pictures
^ "Odd Fellows Effect New Consolidation". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 3, 1945. p. 2.
^ "Fine Showing in Building Line". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. January 5, 1908. p. 9.