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This building was originally the location of the F.X. Haben & Co. Grocery and was reconstructed by Francis X. Haben in 1874, following the loss of his original building on this site that burned in the great fire that engulfed Oshkosh’s Main Street north of Algoma.  Francis Haben was not only a grocer but was

The Time theater open its doors for the first time on Saturday, July 1, 1939. It closed for five months in 1948-49 for remodeling and re-opened on Friday, March 4, 1949. The Time theater provided entertainment until it finally closed its doors on October 27, 1991. In 2004, a local theater group acquired and transformed

  The Oshkosh lodge 282 of the Loyal Order of Moose was organized in late 1910 and installed its first officers January 17, 1911.  In 1914 they purchased this building from the Sons of Herrmann, a fraternal benefit society for those of German heritage.  The building was originally constructed after the fire of April 1875

The Odd Fellows Hall at 103-107 Algoma Boulevard was built in 1884 for the International Order of Odd Fellows – Winnebago Lodge (No. 120) used as a meeting hall of the Odd Fellows fraternal organization, which was dedicated to the service of others. The two-and-one-half story structure is an elaborate example of Patterned Masonry Queen

The Fraternal Order of the Eagles occupied this building at 405 Washington Avenue at the time of its construction in 1925-28 as a club and meeting hall. The main purpose of the Eagles is “the helping of the fellow who is up against it.” This quotation is taken directly from the Saturday Evening Edition of

The Masonic Lodge in Oshkosh dates back to April 1849. A number of buildings have housed the organization over the years, each larger than its predecessor. By 1923, there were two Masonic Lodges and two York Rite bodies, with a total membership around 1000, plus an Eastern Star chapter and youth groups.  That fall, land