Elks Lodge Building (Flint, Michigan)

Elks Lodge Building

The Elks Lodge Building, September 2014
Location 142 W. 2nd St., Flint, Michigan
Coordinates 43°0′50″N 83°41′28″W / 43.01389°N 83.69111°W / 43.01389; -83.69111Coordinates: 43°0′50″N 83°41′28″W / 43.01389°N 83.69111°W / 43.01389; -83.69111
Area less than one acre
Built 1913
Architect Malcomson and Higginbotham; Synder,H.V., & Son
Architectural style Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference # 78001497[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 4, 1978
Designated MSHS November 3, 1976

The Elks Lodge Building in Flint, Michigan, also known as Old Elks Building, was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

The building was available for sale in 2015, listed at $375,000.[2]

According to Edward Soloman, head of a history committee for the Flint Elks Lodge 222, at one time "Back then, everyone who was anyone was part of the [Elks] club." The club voted in 1971 to sell the lodge building, and it moved to its current location in Grand Blanc on East Maple Avenue.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Dominic Adams (February 27, 2015). "Historic Flint Elks Lodge building, where city icons once mingled, up for sale". MLIVE. Retrieved March 11, 2017.


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