National Register of Historic Places

Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall

Cornish, York County, Maine
Listed
December 29, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83003704

About this property

The Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall is a historic form fraternal society hall on High Street in Cornish, Maine. Built in 1902 for the local chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows and their associated Rebekah women's chapter, it is an architecturally eclectic mix of vernacular and high-style elements. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and now functions as a community meeting space. The Cornish Odd Fellows Hall is set on the south side of High Road, opposite a small park at the triangular junction of High Street, Main Street, and McCubrey Way in the town center. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, roughly rectangular, with a steeply pitched hip roof and clapboard siding. Facing roughly northwest, its northern corner has a four-story tower with a clock at the third level and Gothic lancet-arched windows at the fourth level, with a pyramidal roof. A three-story gabled pavilion projects at the center of the main facade, with a double-door entrance on the first floor and Colonial Revival Palladian windows on the second and third floors. The interior of the building has tongue-and-groove wainscoting, molded architrave trim, and a painted pressed-metal ceiling. Built in 1902 by local craftsmen, the building is unusual in the state as a rural example of large-scale distinctive vernacular architecture. It was used by the Odd Fellows until the 1940s, and by the Rebekahs until the 1960s, after which it was sold to the town. It is now used as a community meeting and event space. National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine

Location

Cornish, York County, Maine
43.80395, -70.80289

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When was Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall listed on the National Register?

Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall?

Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Odd Fellows-Rebekah Hall is recorded as the industrial era.

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