Friday, June 26, 2009

The odd fellows building in Shelburne Falls



This building is on the National Historic Registry. The plaque states that the building is identified as the "Oddfellows" building.
Apparently, 1840's or so - a group of odd fellows came to occupy the building upper chambers in common agreement that they were perhaps "odd-fellows". Reactionaries? The first neo conservatives? We'll try to find out.

This had to be a humorous group; convening as it were in the Odd-fellows building - the very "odd fellows" them selves. I wonder if they kept minutes of their meetings?



The top floor has a dance floor; the ground floor is McKusker's wine market connected to a lovely food market next door. There's no super markets in Shelbourne Falls.

No comments:

Post a Comment