This historic, two-story brick building with the circular front porch was built in 1901. The building contains a lodge room and ornate hallway below and a magnificent parlor on the second floor. The Columbus Elks Club was organized in 1899 during the height of what is known as the Golden Age of Fraternalism, a term referring to a period when membership in the fraternal societies in the United States grew at a very rapid pace. At its peak, it was suggested that as much as 40% of the adult male population held membership in at least one fraternal order.
