{"id":81,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.7781149999999996680344338528811931610107421875,"longitude":-78.63992700000000013460521586239337921142578125,"title":"Odd Fellows Building (Commerce Building)","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/9a73b96733f53904dd5fe49681ecffa4.jpg","address":"19 West Hargett Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"One of downtown Raleigh&#039;s few remaining early twentieth-century skyscrapers, this ten-story building designed by the Atlanta architectural firm of G. Lloyd Preacher and Company is Raleigh&#039;s first 1920s tall office building. It is brick-veneered with classical detailing, some of which is glazed terra cotta. Dedicated in May 1924, this office building was constructed as a permanent temple for the Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. of North Carolina and as a rental facility, money from which was used to operate the lodge&#039;s orphanage.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1923-1924","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/OddFellowsBuilding(CommerceBuilding)_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">Odd Fellows Building (Commerce Building) Landmark Designation Ordinance and Report</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/9a73b96733f53904dd5fe49681ecffa4.jpg":{"id":163,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Odd Fellows Building, 2009","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/9a73b96733f53904dd5fe49681ecffa4.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/cdb6ed3d6115f4d29ab43cddd7463bab.jpg":{"id":488,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Odd Fellows Building,1940","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.<br />\r\n","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/cdb6ed3d6115f4d29ab43cddd7463bab.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/41032ca72c20fe7c7f6a06d41245bb91.jpg":{"id":489,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Odd Fellows Building, 1980","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/41032ca72c20fe7c7f6a06d41245bb91.jpg"}}}