I. O. O. F. Hall (Clatskanie, Oregon)

Title: I. O. O. F. Hall (Clatskanie, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative: Clatskanie IOOF Hall (Clatskanie, Oregon) IOOF Hall (Clatskanie, Oregon) Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall (Clatskanie, Oregon)
Creator: Kroner, Ernst
Photographer: Hicks, Dave
Creator Display: Ernst Kroner (architect, 1866-1955)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2012)
View: interior: Theater stage area looking south
Provenance: Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1920-1929
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views societies' buildings playhouses (buildings) theaters, motion picture variety theaters
Latitude: 46.103546
Longitude: -123.204289
Location: Clatskanie >> Columbia County >> Oregon >> United States Columbia County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 75 South Nehalem Street
Date: 1926
View Date: 2011-04-27
Identifier: pna_22086
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Hicks, David. Clatskanie IOOF Hall, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, July 2011.
Note: The 1926 Clatskanie IOOF Hall was built as the town’s first large concrete building, and remains the most imposing structure in town. The hall was designed by noted Portland architect Ernst Kroner. Kroner previously completed the design for the Portland IOOF Grand Lodge two years earlier, and was responsible for a number of notable institutional buildings. Immediately upon its opening, the building became the community's social and cultural center. With the movie theater and Post Office on the first floor, and dental and law offices, meeting spaces, and the lodge hall itself on the second, the IOOF Hall soon became the community gathering place. Whether it was to attend a vaudeville show in 1927, watch the first local “talkie” in 1930, meet to organize Oregon’s first People’s Utility District in 1940, attend a war bond benefit dance in 1945, participate in a Grange or Kiwanis meeting, pick up the mail, or consult a lawyer, the IOOF Hall was central to life in Clatskanie. This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.