Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building

United States historic place


Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	111 E. Washington St., Paris, Illinois
Coordinates	39°36′47″N 87°41′38″W / 39.61306°N 87.69389°W / 39.61306; -87.69389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1927
Architect	Blackman, Everett
Architectural style	Mediterranean Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001343
Added to NRHP	August 6, 1987

The Paris Elks Lodge No. 812 Building is a historic building located at 111 E. Washington St. in Paris, Illinois. The building served as a meeting place for the Paris lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The building was constructed in 1927, 25 years after the Paris Lodge was chartered. Architect Everett Blackman, a member of the lodge, designed the building in the Mediterranean Revival style. Blackman's design features an arcade loggia enclosing the front entrance and a square tower with a parapet roof designed to resemble elk antlers. The building's amenities included a bar and ballroom on the second floor, a bowling alley in the basement, and meeting rooms for the lodge. The third floor of the building housed rooms for the adjacent France Hotel; it was connected to the hotel by a stone walkway and cannot be accessed from the lower floors. The Elks used the building until the lodge filed for bankruptcy in 1978.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1987.

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Blair, Lachlan F. (May 7, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Paris Elks Lodge #812 Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

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