Major Bibliographical References Oda Fellows Building. Malden, Massachusetts evious documentation on file (NPS): ]preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested Jpreviously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of property - less than one acre Quad - Boston North Scale - 1:25000 JTM References 4 (1,9] 132,9900 14,6|99105,0 Zone Easting Northing See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: X) State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specify repository: MHC Inventory of Historic Assets #509 B Zone DLI Easting LLLu orthin LLLu See continuation sheet bal Boundary Description X See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The above is the parcel historically associated with the building. See continuation sheet 11.
Form Prepared By name/title_Leslie Donovan, Preservation Consultant, with Claire Dempsey organization_Massachusetts Historical Commission date July street & number 80 Boylston Street 10, 1987 telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston, MA state MA _ zip code 02116 NPS Form 10-900- (8-86) United States Department of theInterior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page - 1 OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 /2/x+/x7 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Bibliography American Architect & Building News .96, December 22, 1909): no. 1774 Amer i can Architect & Building 107 , (March 24, 1915): no. 2948 American Architect & Building , (June 17, 1914): no. 2008 Amer i can Architect & Building News 99, (May 10, Amer ican Architect & Building News 102 , (August 7, 1912): no. 1911 American Architect & Building News 102, (November 6, 1912): no.
1924) Architectural Record 51 (April 1922): 346-355. Architectural Record Arch itectural Record 50 (December 1921): 494-495. itlas of the city of Malden, Middlese County,Massachusetts oston: George H. Walker & Company, 1897 Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Vol. 1. Boston: George W. Stadley & Co., 1900. Bastille-Neilley, Architects & Consultants. "Architectural Survey and Inventory, Malden, MA. Phase One." Boston, MA 1977. Boston Public Library. Architects File: Fine Arts Department. International Order of the Odd Fellows. "Art Bus iness Directory, Massachusetts Souvenir." Massachusetts Edition, October 1908. Malden Evening News, 27, 30 June 1908 Ma 1den Even ing News, 9 September 1957 Ma 1 den Evening News, Apr il 1958 Rettig, Robert Bell. Guide to Cambridge Architecture. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1969. Sargent, A. F. Atlas of Malden City, Massachusetts. Boston: George H.
Walker & Co., 1885. NPS Form10-000- (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Section number. 10 Page A parcel of land with the buildings thereon shown on a Plan of Land in Malden, Massachusetts, dated August 7, 1985, prepared by Norwood Engineering Co., Inc., recorded with Middlesex South Registry of Deeds herewith, and shown on an earlier Plan of Land in Malden, Massachusetts, dated August 23, 1954, prepared by M.A.
McNall, recorded with Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 8320, Page 428, bounded and described as follows: EAS TERLY by Main Street, sixty six and 93/100 (66.93) feet; NOR THERLY by Supreme Furniture Co., Inc., one hundred twenty-three and 57/100 (123.57) feet; WESTERLY by the centre line, fifty-four and 13/100 (54.13) feet; and SOUTHERLY by land of Catherine Arvanites, Trustee ofTrafton Realty Trust, on hundred forty and 5/100 (140.05) feet. Subject to and with the benefit of rights in a passageway as set forth in an agreement between Vassilios K. Arvanites et al., Trustees of the Trafton Realty Trust and the Odd Fellows Ha11 Association, dated December 27, 1920, recorded with said Deeds Book 4409, Page 368; subject to and with the benefit of apartywall agreement between Vassilios K.
Arvanites et al., Trustees of the Trafton Realty Trustand the Odd Fellows Hall Association, dated Februar y 4, 1927, recorded with said Deeds, Book 5066, Page 64; subject to the rights granted by the Odd FellowsHall Association to the Middlesex Amusement Company by instrument dated November 21, 1944, recorded with said Deeds, Book 6853, ong Halfl Asod, recr tD Page 133; and subject to leases outstanding. Beingthe same premises conveyedby deed ofThe Odd Fellows Hall Association of Malden, dated July 6, 1978, and recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 13483, Page 40. OMB Approvel No.1024-0018 12/24/8? State Name MA County Name Mustdlesef Resource Name Reference No. 870025(4 Multiple Name Certiflcation Date Problen Field: Owner Resource Type No. Contrib./Non-Contrib.
Resources Historic Function/Historic Sub-function Current Function/Current Sub-funct1on Level of S1gnificance Solution: CODING PROBLEM SHEET Bad selloiss biulding 12/20 157 Applicable Criterta Criterla Considerations Area of Signif1cance Perlod of Signlf1cance Architect/Builder/Engineer FR Level Information Cultural Affil1ation Architectural Style Construction Materials Acreage UTM Coordinates Other Coding Problen Team: Date: NR Staff : Date: Data Collector'a Explanation of Problem: More & the suas & signir inde Cit A an etplictl. addussed. el, and necentio is orhr Implied in discüption e the badozellws ngarinphon in sgneal. There is no discussion of the sgpringators insotanke fo this partrenlar communita. 2 cedd hnt C /Aach and limnted fesiod & signtt. to 1900-1924. Data Collector: 4. Stuinpton Today' Date i 15/58 - D.B.
Corrected Date if the case canbe made intercor integrity Problemanabic - eokat eoney kistoric nole aa recreational / serial hall alot of interios alterationo 87002564 WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Odd Fellows Building Middlesex County MASSACHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: sample Reviewer's comments: request pee reverse. BulaCentive Revtes appeal DEC 2 9 1987 Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due:_ 1/28/88-2/12/88 Action: _ACCEPT RETURN -2-10-88 REJECT_ Federal Agency: -NR decision Recom./Criteria Beturn Reviewer_ Discipline Date_ weistory see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _technical corrections cited below X substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3.
Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? ves no 7. Description Condition J excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one unaltered altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one -original site moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other rlease provrde Justher ontessteianl end to justify the property s individial distinckion under cuterion A for the oreas of recreatim leveloprent, aud comtrerce. No property - specijic care has been made or thia property's rignificance in these areas. 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name_ UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - _ national state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13. Other Maps Photographs Other Qustons coneaming this nomhation may be directad 1o- Bett Saurafe (202) 343-9540 Signed. Patrile Andues -Date 2/10/85 - Phone: GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8-86) OMB No.1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NOV 2 I 1988 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16).
Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name Odd Fellows Building (preférred) other names/site number Odd Fellows Temple 2. Location street & number city, town state Massachusetts 442 Main Street Malden code 025 county Middlesex N/A not for publication N/A vicinity code 017 zip code 02148 3.
Classification Ownership of Property x private public-local public-State public-Federal Category of Property x building(s) district site structure object Name of related multiple property isting: Number of Resources within Property Contributing Noncontributing 1 0 buildings sites structures objects 1 0 Total Number of contributing resources previousiy listed in the National Register - 0 State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination Jrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the NationalRegister ofHistoricPlacesandmeets theprocedural andprofessional requirementsset forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets does not meet the National Register criteria. see continuation sheet.
A Signature of certitying official Vaemage 10/31/88 Date Executive Director, Massachusetts Historical Commission State or Federal agency and bureau State Historic Preservation Officer In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5. National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the National Register. BithtSeuse 12-22-88 removed from/the National Register. other, (explain:) _ Jor Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 6.
Function or Use Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Social/hall of Odd Fellows (fraternal) work in progress organization Commerce/specialty store 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Second Renaissnace Revival Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation. walls roof other brick and concrete block brick tar and gravel terra cotta Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Odd Fellows Building is a large Second Rennaissance Revival structure built in 1907. It faces the intersection of Main and Salem Streets in the commercial and civic center of Malden.
The block bounded by Main and Pleasant Streets, is comprised of similar commercial buildings built at the end of the 19th century or early in the 20th century. The intersection contains the city's most architecturally distinguished buildings: H. H. Richardson's Converse Memorial Library (1885); the Waite Block (1852), the oldest brick building in Malden; the former Town Hall (1857, NR 1976); the Opera House (1886), a shingle Queen Anne structure that is concealed behind a later applied panel ,facade; the Romanesque First Baptist Church (1897); and the Malden High School (1979). The Odd FelTows Building is a four-story, flat-roofed, brick structure with a full basement. The irregular plan was most likely intended to conform to the lot lines and maximize use of the site.
The building fronts directly on the sidewalk along Main Street and is flanked to the north and south by lower commercial structures. A one-story extension connects to the rear of a theater and is supported on concrete clad steel struts at the south corner of the west elevation. An alley runs behind the building and underneath the raised extension. The Odd Fellows Building is a Second Renaissance Revival design by Louis C. Newhall. The east facade of the Odd Fellows building is constructed of buff brick with ornamental terra cotta detail including inset medallions, an intricate modillion cornice, colonettes, and an ornate entrance. The first story contains the central entrance of Moorish flavor with terra cotta A rope molding articulates the pointed arch, which is also outlined in Gothic lettering and flanked by intricate ancones supporting a heavy cornice.
To either, side of the entrance is an. altered metal and glass storefront that extends to the panelled brick pier at each SEASE corner. The upper three floors of the elevation are each seven bays with flat-arched and round-arched masonry openings. At the second story of the main X See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-900-8 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 NOV 2| 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts facade, a single flat-arched window alternates with a tri-part window containing full-size central sash and narrow sidelights. The central bay is capped by an I.O.O.F. medallion. At the third story, bays alternate a single smal1 round headed window with full-size, triple round-headed windows. A fourth stories.
Repeating bays at the fourth story contain two round-headed windows in a recessed round-arch. A string course runs across the facade at the spring line of the windowhead Inset medallions decorate the spandrel panels below the windows and el panois beloe ene wirndoss and between the arches. This elevation is terminated by a projecting cornice containing a dentil course, bead and real molding, modillions, and inset floral pendants. Alterations to the facade of the building have been minimal. The original storefronts were replaced with a metal and glass system ca. 1970s and a brick and concrete connector was added to the rear elevation at the first story. Secondary elevations are finished in red brick and fenestration is asymmetrical and varies by floor. Masonry openings on the secondary elevations are framed by segmental relieving arches and granite sills.
The only detail is a brick string course at the fourth story. The north elevation contains a polygonal bay signalling a stair. At the rear elevation, brick and concrete extensions project from the first and second stories and a metal fire escape leads down to the ground from the second story. The second story extension is cantilevered out from the main structure and the first story (later) extension is supported from the ground on steel and concrete piers. Due to the sloping site, the basement story is fully exposed at the rear. The south elevation abuts the adjoining one-story commercial building toward the front but sets back from the property line toward the rear. The flat built-up roof steps up approximately four feet at the front of the building.
Two chimneys extend from the north and south walls toward the front section and a third chimney projects several feet above the lower section of the roof. The interior of the building contains retail and office space on the first and second floors and multiple meeting and functions rooms on the second, third, and fourth floors. On the primary floor, a commercial store on either side of the main entrance extends to the rear of the building. Contemporary finishes cover or replace original details. A central hall entered through the double doors leads to a straight-run stair with marble treads. Various meeting rooms and offices on the second floor have been somewhat altered by new finishes. A large half-turn stair with landings located near the southeast corner runs from the second to the fourth floor.
On the third floor, a two-story meeting hall with a stepped stage at the west end occupies the entire rear section of the building. A meeting room at the front of the building contains a continued NPS Form 10-000-e (8-08) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _ Page - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 NOV 21 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts fireplace with a heavy wood mantel and connects to an adjoining room by panelled wood pocket doors. On the fourth floor, two meeting rooms across the front of the building each have a fireplace on the exterior wall with a heavy projecting hood and decorative brick and tile work. The interior of the structure has been altered more extensively.
The first floor entrance hall and commercial spaces on either side have non-original tinishes and floor plans. The north commercial space, which originally was divided down the center for two tenants, 1s now opened up for a single use. The central hall appears to have been closed off at the rear. An auditorium with stage, dressing room, and balcony originally located at the rear of the first floor, was removed at an unknown date. On the second floor the stair finishes and plan have been altered. In September 1957, shortly after the two-story meeting hall on the third floor was renovated and other rooms were refurbished, a fire destroyed much of the second and third floors in the rear section of the building. The building was reopened in April 1958 following reconstruction of the roof and third floormeeting hall as well as renovations to the second and fourth floors.
A wall was installed in the center of the fourth floor meeting room subdividing the original full length into two smaller rooms. Two large entryways leading into this room were closed and concealed, perhaps during the 1958 renovations. The Odd Fellows Building is being rehabilitated and its interior will be used as offices that retain significant portions of the original fabric. ZAW BoND 50% cOTTON NPS Form10-900-e (8-88) United States Department of the Interior National ParkService National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page3 OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 NOV 21 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Archaeological Description archaeological sites are recorded on the property or in close proximity.
While it is possible that sites were present, the intense level of development, small size lot (less than one acre), and presence of a full basement suggests that the likelihood of significant prehistoric survivals is low. These factors also indicate that the potential for significant historic period survivals is low. Furthermore, no evidence exists at present for earlier historic period use of this land. NOV 2 | 1988 8.
Statement of Significance Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: nationally statewide x locally Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) A B Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Architecture Community Development C D G Period of Significance 1907-1937 Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation N/A Significant Person N/A Architect/Builder Louis C. Newhall P94 State significance of property,andjustify criteria,criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The Odd Fellows Building is a prominent, brick, four-story building in the commercial core of Malden, built in 1907 at the height of the community development as a street car suburb.
Funded and occupied primarily by the fraternal organization, it originally housed commercial spaces on the ground floor and a range of meetinghalls and offices for the Odd Fellows. Its design in the Second RenaissanceRevival style is the work of architect Louis C. Newhal1 of Boston, and incorporates elaborate terra cotta ornament on its facade. The Odd Fellows Building retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and feeling, and meets criteria A and C of the National Register of Historic Places on the local level. The Malden area, originally known as Mystic Side, was organized in 1649 from the large town of Charlestown. Townspeople were primarily farmers in the large area that included several adjacent towns, and settled in the dispersed landscape of a mixed grain and husbandry economy. Population growth was gradual.
After 1820, Malden saw modest growth as small mills and industrial establishments began to emerge. Early businesses included shoe-last manufacturing, silk dyeing, and nail rolling. Malden begantoprosper following the opening of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1845, which turned the agricultural village into a thriving industrial The Boston Shoe Company, coal and lumber yards, soap and chemical companies, and a naval ordinance depot flourished along the Malden River. population multiplied by more than seven times in the second half of the nineteenth century as primarily Irish' Immigrants poured into Malden to work in " the factories. of the century, Malden was the most prosperous city in Middlesex County, boasting more than 200 businesses. Streetcar extensions from Boston and Cambridge brought rapid development and the construction of two-family houses and triple deckers.
The Odd Fellows Building, constructed during the city's economic zenith, sits facing the historic crossroads at the commercial center of Malden. Main, Pleasant, Salem, and Ferry Streets intersect in the centese@ forindaleon street were Major Bibliographical References Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of property Less than one acre Quad - Boston North Scale - 1:25000 UTM References AL9 B29900 4699 5 Zone Easting Northing C [x See continuation sheet Primary location of additional data: State historic preservation office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University Other Specify repository: MHC Inventory of Historic Assetts Zono Easin Mori Lui See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description See continuation sheet Boundary Justification The above is the parcel historically associated with the building- See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title Leslie Donovan, Preservation Consultant, with Claire Dempsey organization Massachusetts Historicat.
Commission date July 10, 1987 street & number 80 Boylston Street telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town Boston state MA zip code 02116 NPS Form 10-900- (8-88) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB ApprovalNo. 1024-0018 NOV 2 | 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Section number - 8 Page - the earliest roads in the village. They remained the major routes in and out of town throughout its growth. Known as Central Square at the turn of the last century, it is now named Converse Square. Prior to 1907, the Odd Fellows site was occupied by four wood frame structures. Two stables were at the rear of the property. Set back fromthe sidewalk, a two-family house or two attached stores, built prior to 1885, faced Main Street.
A wood frame store built between 1885 and 1897 was sited between the southern property line and the original building, but it fronted immediately on the street. A canal running from Spot Pond Brook under Pleasant Street determined the western boundary of the site. This was approximately at the location of the present alley. The Odd Fellows Building, dedicated June 29, 1908, was built by the International Order of the Odd Fellows as a function hall and meeting place for all factions of the local Odd Fellows membership. The land on which the building is located was donated in 1905 by Thomas J. Springall, a member of the local Odd Fellows. In return, Springall was given stock in the new building. The $70,000 spent to build the new structure was raised among the membership. The Odd Fellows is a Christian organization founded on two cardinal principles: mutual helpfulness and fraternity.
The membership was made up of businessmen who joined together for financial security and to promote good fellowship. It functioned as a cooperative insurance company where members paid a fixed fee to establish a fund. Money was paid from the fund to members and their families at times of illness and need. The Odd Fellows built and supported homes for widows, orphans and the infirm, for their members or families of members. Through fundraising, special events and their membership, they continue to support these institutions. The different bodies of Odd Fellows generally represent different levels of membership. Some exceptions are: the Patriarchs Militant is a military division of the Odd Fel1ows, the Rebekah's represent the women's faction which apparently offered social services to the community and to the families of members, and the Lebanon Lodge is a Jewish brotherhood.
The first lodge of Odd Fellows in Malden was founded in 1843. Al though this was disbanded in 1857, it was reinstated in 1865. In 1905, five bodies of Odd Fellows joined to raise money and organize the construction of the new building: Middlesex Encampment No. 9, chartered 1845, reinstated 1887; Middlesex Lodge No. 7 chartered in 1843, reinstated 1865; resolute Rebekah Lodge No. 99 organized 1891; Malden Lodge No. 201 chartered 1890; and continued NPS Form 10-900-e (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - 8 Page - OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NOV 2 1 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Patriarchs Militant, Canton Malden, No. 55, organized 1888. An Odd Fellows Block at 407 to 411 Main Street was completed in 1874.
Similar to the present structure, it contained stores, offices and a large banquet hall. Although several of the Odd Fellows factions held meetings or occupied offices here, the membership soon outgrew this structure. By 1892, the local membership was estimated at between 700 and 800, and before the turn of the century groups met in various meeting halls near Converse Square. By 1894, the Middlesex Lodge No. 17 was meeting at National Hall located at 265 Main Street. In 1895, Malden Lodge No. 201 dedicated its new hall, Esther Hall, located in the Browne Building at 142 Pleasant Street. The Headquarters of the Patriarchs Militant, Canton Malden No. 55 was located at 69 Pleasant Street and later at 159 Pleasant Street. Combined meetings to discuss construction of the new building were held in Canton Hall at 56 Pleasant Street.
After construction of the present structure, the black membership of Odd Fellows continued to meet at 45 Holyoke Street. When the Lebanon Lodge was formed ca. 1920 it also met at other sites prior to moving into the present Odd Fellow Hall ca. 1970. The Orpheum Theatre, a set auditorium origainally occupied the back of the Odd Fellows builing at the basement and first floor. One of six movie theatres located within a short walk of Central Squre, it was removed during a 1955 renovation of the structure. The original tenants on the first floor were Kelley's Mill Remnant Store in the south storefront and C. W. Smith druggist and Arcadia Shoe Company to the north of the main entrance. Mr. Kelley had been in the previous building on this site and kept the same address when he moved into the new building. Oftices on the second floor were occuped by F. W.
Prescott, optician, Boston Insurance Company and Dr. T. J. Springall, dentist. The remainder of the building housed numerous social and function rooms. A large dance or banquet hall, with ante room,coat room and kitchen at the rear of the second floor, also had a capacity of 500. The third floor contained a ladies parlor and retiring room in front, as well as a smoking room, coat room, paraphenal1a room, and a large meeting hall. The long front room on the fourth floor was designated the club room and at the rear of this floor was a small banuquet hall. The front section of the second floor contained professional offices, dentist and a beauty parlor for several decades. The storefrontat 440 Main Street had a succession of occupants sellin fabric and dry goods until Baker's men's clothing store moved in the mid-1930s.
The store relocated from a continued NPS Form 10-000-a (8-88) United States Department of theInterior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page. 3 - OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 NOV 2 | 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, massachusetts nearby shop and grew into one of Malden's best knoown clothing stores. Through the middle of the 20th century, Central Square was a major retail center drawing from the surrounding towns of Winchester, Stoneham and Melrose. Malden was considered second to Boston for retall shopping containing dozens of popular clothing and department stores. Bakers was an anchor for the shopping district, located near the northern edge of the district. At Christmas, the Square would become so crowded, it was difficult to walk.
The evolution of Central Suare as a major retail center was related to its accessibility as a regional transportation center. Earlly in the century all of the major streets in Malden center had street car lines that converged at the square. Later. bus routes continued to follow the earlier lines and Converse Square continued to be a regional hub for commuter bus lines. Retail bsuinesses in Converse Square declined with the advent of indoor shopping malls. Through the 1970s the square still contained major clothing, furniture and department stores. Bakers closed along with many of the larger stores in the late 1970s, after fifty years of business in Converse Square. Architect Louis C. Newhall presented the design to the membership at a meeting on June 12, 1906. Newhall, a resident of Malden, was probably indebted to his relatives for the commission to design the Odd Fellows Building.
It 1s l1kely he was related to Stephen O. Newhall, inspector of buildings for the City of Malden at the time and a member of the first committee appointed to investigate the construction of a new building for the Odd Fellows. Newhall boarded with Nathan Newhall, probably his father, who was listed as a carpenter and builder in the Malden directories. Louis C. Newhall was an accomplished architect. Newhall was the Rotch Travelling Fellow for the year 1895, awarded each year to the winner of two successive design competitions open to graduates of Massachusetts architectural schools. The design of Odd Fellows in Malden, with Italian Renaissance and Moorish qualities, may have been influenced by his tour. Partners Louis C. Newhall and Albert H. Blevins opened an office at 9 Park Street ca. 1905.
The firm designed several structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as in Boston, apparently specializing in multi-unit residential buildings and dating between 1908 and 1922. Fellows Building predates their other known work and must have been an early commission. Among the other types of bulldings attributed to the firm are churches, a school, athletic facilities, social clubs, a bank, and a fire station. The Boston City Club dating ca. 1916 is the most similar in use to the Malden building. continued NPS Form 10-000-a (8-80) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 NOV 2 | 1988 Section number _ 8 Page _ Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts The original tenants on the first floor of the Odd Fellows Building were Kelley's Mill Remnant Store in the south storefront and C.
W. Smith druggist and Arcadia Shoe Co. to the north of the main entrance. Offices on the second floor were occupied by F. W. Prescott, optician Boston Insurance Company, and Dr. T. J. Springall, dentist. The remainder of the building housed numerous Tthe reia tader of the buita- social and function rooms. A 500-seat auditorium (later removed) was entered from the first floor. The large double door in the rear alley was probably a theater exit. A large dance or banquet hall with anter room, coat room and kitchen at the rear of the second floor, also had a capacity of 500. The third floor contained a ladies parlor and retiring room in front, as well as a smok1ng room, coat room, paraphernalia room and a large meeting hall. The long front room on the fourth floor was designated the club room and at the rear. No archaeological sites are recorded on the property or in clsoe proximity.
While it is possible that sites were present, the intense level of development, small size of the lot (.2 acre), and presence of a full basement suggests that the likelihood of significant prehistoric survivals is 1ow. These factors also indicate that the potential for significant historic prival suvivals is low. Futhermore, in evidence exists, at present for earlier historic period use of this land. TAIN BoNa N FIBE NPS Form 10-800-a (8-88) United States Department of the Interior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 NOV 2 | 1988 Section number _ Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts Page 1 1908 Newhal1 and Blevins Cambrdige 620 Massachusetts Avenue 83 Brattle Street 1909 1910 Cambridge 10 Dana Street *Washington Court *Burton Halls *Bromley Court Cambridge *YMCA Expansion YMCA 191 Boston *Municipal Gymnasium and Public Baths, East Boston 1912 Cambridge *Third Congregational Church 1914 Cambridge *Fire Station and fire alarm quarters 1916 Cambridge 1 Waterhouse Street Boston *Boston City Club 1922 Cambridge *Linnaean Hall Apartment Houses Brookline *Babcock Halls (Apartments) 1923 Cambridge Cambridge Savings Bank Howard Street Lutheran Church Boston William Lloy Garrision School, 20 Hutchings Street * Published in architectural journals NPSForm 10-000-a (8-88) United States Department of theInterior NationalPark Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - Page a OMB Approval No.
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1024-0018 NOV 2 | 1988 Odd Fellows Building, Malden, Massachusetts A parcel of land with the buildings thereon shown on a Plan of Land in Malden, Massachusetts, dated August 7, 1985, prepared by Norwood Engineering Co., Inc., recorded with Middlesex south kegistry ot Deeds herewith, and shown or an earlier Plan of Land in Malden, Massachusetts, dated August 23, 1954, prepared by M.A. McNall, recorded with Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 8320, Page 428, bounded and described as follows: EASTERLY by Main Street, sixty six and 93/100 (66.93) feet; NORTHERLY by Supreme Furniture Co., Inc., one hundred twenty-three and 57/100 (123.57) feet; WESTERLY by the centre line, fifty-four and 13/100 (54.13) feet; and SOUTHERLY by land of Catherine Arvanites, Trustee of Trafton Realty Trust, on hundred fortyand5/100(140.05) feet.
Subject to and with the benefit of rights in a passageway as set forth in an agreement between Vassilios K. Arvanites et al., Trustees of the Trafton Realty Trust and the Odd Fellows Hall Association, dated December 27, 1920, recorded with said Deeds Book 4409, Page 368; subject to and with the benefit of a party wall agreement between Vassilios K. Arvanites et al., Trustees of the Trafton Realty Trust and the Odd Fellows Hall Association, dated February 4, 1927, recorded with said Deeds, Book 5066, Page 64; subject to the rights grantedby the Odd Fellows Hall Association to the Middlesex Amusement Company by instrument dated November 21, 1944, recorded with said Deeds, Book 6853, Page 133; and subject to leases outstanding.
Being thesame premises conveyedby deed of The Odd Fellows Hall Association of Malden, dated July 6, 1978, and recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Book 13483, Page 40. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING 442 Main Street Malden, . massachusetts DARTMOUTH COURT PUBLIC KOLANI H FAUCHER TRUSTEE TRIIS 1 305 32 STREET PLEASANT ( PUBLIC ) STREET FUHNITURE CO., INC ROOF EL -07.22) ROOF) THE BUGLE AMLASSANGRS DRUMAND RPS ASSOCIATION, IN CATHERINE SATANITEC TRUSTEE W00E Fi 4591 MAIN MAIN STREET STREET SUdSAEICH HEGISTERED (ANL SÜRVLYOR KESR IEKEULAREISLNVEYOR :P/119 PLAN oF LAND MALDEN, MASS.
NORWOOD ENGINEE RING Ceanensanenaaetdel 1410 PROVILENCE NORWOOD, MASS INC TANnCbUEYADA annen X-1 880 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION PROPERTY NAME: odd Fellows Building MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Middlesex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 11/21/88 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: 87002564 NOMINATOR: STATE DETAILED EVALUATION: Y VACCEPT RETURN REJECT 12/22/68 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: 1/05/89 significant bruldens Malkerien listorical commenity Benacane Reriirl deeisn ot exkitena - elaborate terra Cotta ornanedtation. RECOM. /CRITERIA Qccept AYC REVIEWER erse DISCTLINEOeEKerl DATE 12/22/88 ye Hstory DOCUMENTATION see attached comments YYN )see attached SLR Y/N CLASSIFICATION.
count resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION FUNCTION historic current DESCRIPTION architectural classification materials descriptive text SIGNIFICANCE Period Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other BIBLIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA acreage UTMS verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION sketch maps USGS maps photographs presentation OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed Date FAMILY FUN PUl Beneficial ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE 442 main Street Malder, mA East sleane sheustorya Storeffonts on pst photugrapher y negative - Leslie Dunovar Admirals Hill 2 Breakwater Drive Chelsea, mA Spring 1986 Photo #1of5 ES ES SENO SOMEONE LOVE OOZE BALLOONS OCCASION RDATR-D7 MODS320:00.
ODD PELLOWS TEMPLE 442 main Street Malden, MA Fast elevation - detail of main entrance photographer a regative - Leste Donovar Admucals Hall 2 Breakwater Drive Spring 1986 Photo #2 of5 Chelsea, MA HOP CONVERSE RESTAURANT ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE 442 Main Street Malden, mA South elevation photographer + negative -Lestie Donavar Admirals Hall 2 Breakwater Drive Chelsea, mA Spring 1996 Photo #3of5 1215 R 3NO ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE 442 Main Street Malden, mA west elevation-basement through underreath second stany photographer + negative: Lestie Dorovar Admirals Hel a Breakwater Drive spring 1986 Photo #4 y5 Chebsea, mA ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE 442 Main Street Malden, mA North elevation photographer - hesre Donovan negative at - L.
Donovar Admerals Hill 2 Breakwater Lrive Chelsea, mA Spring1996 Photo #5 of 5 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State Michael Joseph Connolly, Secretary Massachusetts Historical Commission Valerie A. Talmage Executive Director State Historic Preservation Officer December 18,1987 Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed you will find the nomination forms for the following properties: Danvers, Fox Hill School, 81 Water Street, HPCA #10212 MA Douglas, E.N. Jenckes Store, Main Street Malden, Odd Fellows Building, 442 Ma in Street Winchendon, Murdock School, Murdock Avenue They have been voted eligible by the State Review Board and have been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer.
Owners were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30-75 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. No comments have been received to date. Sincerely, Betey Friedlerg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission BF/es Enclosure 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 DEC 29 1987 COMMISSIOLI * 1 Cornnenwali 1o ke) November 9, 1988 RECEIVED NOV 2 1 1988 NATIONAL REGISTER Carol Shull Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Dear Ms.
Shull: Enclosed please find the revised nomination form for the following property, which was returned by your office for technical and substantive corrections: Odd Fellows Building / 442 Main Street / Malden I would appreciate expedited review for this nomination. Al1 corrections have been made, as requested. Please contact Anne Tait if you have any further questions. Sincerely, Betey Friedherg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission BF /di Massachusetts Historical Commission, Valerie A. Talmage, Executive Director, State Historic Preservation Officer 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617) 727-8470 Office of the Secretary of State, Michael J. Connolly, Secretary
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