Avondale Odd Fellows Building

The Avondale Odd Fellows Building is a two-story, 7,000 square-foot commercial building on a 50-foot by 90-foot lot at 210–212 41st Street, on the northwest corner of 3rd Avenue South, in Avondale's business district. It was constructed in 1902 by the Thelma Rebekah Lodge No. 103 International Order of Odd Fellows, and also hosted meetings of the Avondale Lodge No. 108 International Order of Foresters, Homewood Grove Circle No. 49 Woodmen of the World, Order of Railway Conductors Division No. 677, the Ladies Auxiliary Patriotic Militant, and the Order of Railway Conductors Auxiliary.

The five-bay brick building has a stairway entrance in an annex to the north. The main building was designed to be shared with a ground floor retail tenant. In the 1950s it was part of the Cory & Faulkner Hardware Co. store. More recent tenants have included Interiors, Inc, Imagine Partners in Art and Odd Fellows Studio. In 2005 the Odd Fellows sold the building to their long-time tenant, photographer Marc Bondarenko. It currently houses the Image Hive business he operates with Steven Antslevitch. It has been recently listed for sale for $1.3 million.

A cornerstone on the southeast corner of the building dates its dedication to July 4, 1902 and honors trustees H. L. Martin, S. A. Jones and E. E. Howard. Above it, facing the alley, is a small, faded mural of a rainbow.

References

• Poe, Kelly (September 1, 2016) "How Avondale's success flipped Image Hive's business plan." The Birmingham News