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Murphysboro Elks Lodge

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
05001255

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Built
  
1916

Opened
  
1916

Added to NRHP
  
15 November 2005

Murphysboro Elks Lodge

Location
  
1329 Walnut St., Murphysboro, Illinois

Murphysboro Elks Lodge, also known as Murphysboro Event Center, is a historic meeting hall and former Elks lodge in Murphysboro, Illinois. The lodge was built in 1916 for Murphysboro Elks Lodge No. 572, which was chartered in 1900. Architect Rudolph Zerse Gill designed the building in the Classical Revival style. The red brick building features a limestone foundation and terra cotta decorations. The front entrance is topped by an oval containing an elk head and decorated with fruit garlands. The second story features a porch supported by classical columns. A dentillated and bracketed entablature encircles the front half of the building above the porch.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Murphysboro Elks Lodge Wikipedia