Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building

Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building
Location 111 E. Washington St., Paris, Illinois
Coordinates 39°36′47″N 87°41′38″W / 39.61306°N 87.69389°W / 39.61306; -87.69389Coordinates: 39°36′47″N 87°41′38″W / 39.61306°N 87.69389°W / 39.61306; -87.69389
Area less than one acre
Built 1927
Architect Blackman, Everett
Architectural style Mediterranean Revival
NRHP Reference # 87001343[1]
Added to NRHP August 6, 1987

The Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building is a historic building located at 111 E. Washington St. in Paris, Illinois. The building served as a meeting place for the Paris lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The building was constructed in 1927, 25 years after the Paris Lodge was chartered. Architect Everett Blackman, a member of the lodge, designed the building in the Mediterranean Revival style. Blackman's design features an arcade loggia enclosing the front entrance and a square tower with a parapet roof designed to resemble elk antlers. The building's amenities included a bar and ballroom on the second floor, a bowling alley in the basement, and meeting rooms for the lodge. The third floor of the building housed rooms for the adjacent France Hotel; it was connected to the hotel by a stone walkway and cannot be accessed from the lower floors. The Elks used the building until the lodge filed for bankruptcy in 1978.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1987.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Blair, Lachlan F. (May 7, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Paris Elks Lodge #812 Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
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