Centreville Lodge No. 37, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)

Centreville Lodge No. 37, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)

Centreville Lodge No. 37 W. Barksdale Maynard

Centreville Lodge No. 37

1876. 5725 Kennett Pike (DE 52)

In the 1870s, the town's newly established Odd Fellows Lodge sold stock to build a brick meetinghouse, erected by contractor A. E. Stiner. The three floors, under a gable roof with brackets, still serve their original functions: first floor for retail, second floor a community space, and third floor for IOOF meetings. Dalton's country store was housed here starting in 1877; its successor, Smith's (1931–1966), is remembered for its coal stove, old coffee grinder, dark wooden shelves, and welcoming frame porch. Diagonally across the street stands another reminder of Centreville's late-nineteenth-century prosperity, the mansard-roofed Chandler-Dixon-Frederick House (1880; 5714 Kennett Pike).

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