I O O F Building
Erected in 1864
By International Order of Odd Fellows
Originally 24 feet (front) by 80 feet (along alley)
Two stories high; outside stairway on alley side
expanded east to present size in 1905,
adding four windows and inside stairway
Many lodges met upstairs; Eastern Star,
IOOF, Native Daughters, Native Sons, Pythians,
Pocahantas, Rebekas, Redmen and others
Retail businesses were downstairs.
Well-known long term occupants
Dallman’s Drygoods, up to 1900
Beerman’s Lincoln Meat Market, 1909-1905
Alexander’s Drug Store, 1916-1945
Clinger’s Grocery Store, 1926-1955
(See local history books for other occupants)
Marker is on 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
