Property Record
203 W DIVISION ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No 89 |
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| Other Name: | Rosendale Historical Society/Grange #697 Hall |
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| Reference Number: | 61544 |
| Location (Address): | 203 W DIVISION ST |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| City: | Rosendale |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | meeting hall |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 89 |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/6/2015 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/28/2014 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. This two-story structure rises from a stone foundation and is covered with clapboard siding and horizontal board insets. The only exterior alterations appear to be a clapboard enclosed window at the north end of the west wall and a board-covered opening centered in the second level of the south wall. The interior contains a ticket booth at the entrance and a large hall on the first floor. The second floor has a narrow (storage) room at the north end, a slightly larger (robing) room in the middle, and a large meeting room at the south end. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge #89 was organized in 1889 and the building was constructed in 1891. Later, the Rosendale Community Grange #697 purchased the hall in 1943. The Grange next sold the structure to a private individual who operated an antique store there "Grange Hall Antiques" from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. the building is currently owned by the Rosendale Historical Society. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Scheid & Griffiths, Village of Rosendale, 1975, 178-179, 280. "Dedicated a New Hall," Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, 16 October 1891, page3/col. 4. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |