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IOOF Temple Building

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
87000925

Added to NRHP
  
15 June 1987

Built
  
1894

Opened
  
1894

IOOF Temple Building

Location
  
523 E St., Fairbury, Nebraska

Architectural style
  
Romanesque Revival architecture

The IOOF Temple Building in Fairbury, Nebraska was built during 1894-95. It served as the Odd Fellows Hall for Fairbury for almost 70 years. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Its architect was William Clifton and it is a Romanesque Revival architecture-styled building.

It was deemed significant architecturally as "a well-preserved commercial example of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture." The style appeared in Nebraska during the late 1800s and early 1900s. This building's features of the style include round-arched window openings, brick corbelling, and wall and corner pilasters and stringcourses.

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IOOF Temple Building Wikipedia