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Elks Lodge Building (Flint, Michigan)

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windows are in the bays to either side. The second story level is greater in height than the first, and has twin tall rounded-arch windows in the side bays. Five narrow windows are in the center bay. The third story is shorter, and contains a decorative frieze accents the front facade which wraps around to the side.
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Elks Lodge 222 was organized in Flint in 1891. They first met in a block of rooms in the Ward - Building in downtown Flint, and in 1900 moved to larger quarters in the Judd Block. At that time there were 28 members of the Lodge, but membership quickly expanded, and in 1902 the Elks moved into a floor
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design. On the first floor, the main entryway is in the center bay, with the door planked by a smooth facing of limestone and topped by a spandrel of glazed earth-toned tiles. Small four-over-four double-hung sash windows are on each side of the doorway, and twin four-over-six double hung sash
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in the newly completed Dryden Building. However, by 1912, membership had increased to over 1000 people, and the Lodge was forced to look for a larger and more appropriate home. The Lodge began a fund-raising campaign under the leadership of founder
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The Flint Elks Club is a two and a half story brick structure, three bays wide, with a hip roof covered in glazed tile. The building is of a simplified
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Early members of the Elks Lodge 222 included not only William C. Durant, but his partner J. Dallas Dort,
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY-- NOMINATION FORM: Elks Lodge Building
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firm of H.V. Snyder & Son to construct it. The building opened in March 1914.
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The building was available for sale in 2015, listed at $ 375,000.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site

Elks Lodge Building (Flint, Michigan) is located in Michigan
Elks Lodge Building (Flint, Michigan) is located in the United States
Flint, Michigan
43°0′50″N 83°41′28″W / 43.01389°N 83.69111°W / 43.01389; -83.69111
Malcomson and Higginbotham
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
Second Renaissance Revival
78001497
Flint, Michigan
National Register of Historic Places
William C. Durant
Detroit
Malcomson and Higginbotham
Battle Creek
Walter P. Chrysler
Buick
William S. Ballenger Sr.
Charles W. Nash
Charles Stewart Mott
Grand Blanc
Second Renaissance Revival


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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