Odd Fellows Hall (1872–1932) in Boston, Massachusetts, was built for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.Boston Almanac, 1887 It occupied a large lot in the South End, at no.515 Tremont Street at Berkeley Street.King's handbook of Boston, 1881 Architect Joseph Billings designed the structure which had several large meeting rooms: Covenant Hall, Encampment Hall, Friendship Hall, Oasis Hall.James F. O'Gorman. "H. and J. E. Billings of Boston: From Classicism to the Picturesque." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1983) Tenants included Emerson College of Oratory.Emerson College. A short history of Emerson College . Retrieved 2012-03-14 Among the events that took place in the hall: 1892 annual dinner of the Tremont House Waiters’ Association.Henry Voigt, a 21st-century collector of menus, describes the 1892 waiters' dinner: “The waiters at Tremont House catered to upper-class white society. These waiters knew how it was done. So they weren’t like blacksmiths getting together. ... These guys were doing it for themselves in style. They didn’t have a lot of money, but they knew how to throw a party.” Quoted in: Jeanne Schinto. "A Taste for Menus: Henry Voigt Touches History." Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall 2005) In January 1932 fire destroyed the building.Annual Report of the Fire Dept. and Wire Division of the City of Boston, 1932
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Boston Public Library. Photos of January 1932 fire, by Leslie Jones: General alarm fire at Odd Fellows Hall, corner of Berkeley and Tremont General alarm fire at Odd Fellows Hall Six alarm fire at Odd Fellows Hall, Warren Ave, Tremont and Berkeley Six alarm fire, 4:20am at the Odd Fellows Building - Corner of Warren Ave., Tremont and Berkeley Ice-covered engine Crowd after the fire