ABQ: 1915 Postcard

ALBUQUERQUE

Postcard from 1915

Odd Fellow Building

This is a Henry C Trost building, Lodge #284. Wikipedia lists the building from 1916, although the postcard is listed as ca. 1915. It was postmarked in 1917. The building has since been demolished.

The order runs a campground 3 miles south of Torreon, NM. An Odd Fellow organization is still listed as being an active nonprofit in Albuquerque.

Odd Fellows were known to have cemeteries. A Google search linked them to the now defunct Santa Barbara Cemetery, located Downtown on the south side of Central Ave., between Third and Fourth streets. The site is now occupied by buildings.


Wikipedia has a list of Odd Fellow buildings on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The site also includes Odd Fellow cemetaries with their architectural styles.

History of Odd Fellow cemetaries in Santa Fe.


Wikipedia lists the organizations as: 

Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is a global altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were far less common. In the U.S., it is a Mutual Benefit Corporation (U.S. IRS tax code 501(c)(8)).