![]() ![]() In the 1930s, when it was the Jewish Community Center:Īlso, see it on the 1921 Sanborn map (as “B.P.O.E. 7, 1914:Ĭolorized and made into an attractive postcard: There aren’t a lot of things that have lasted that long in this city!īelow, the Overbeck rendering of the Elks’ new home (click for larger image)Ī week before its official dedication on Sept. And, after 130 years, it’s still around, now located in Lake Highlands. 71 was chartered on Januit was the first Elks Lodge in Texas and one of the oldest clubs in Dallas. The B enevolent and Protective Order of Elks was a social club/fraternal order founded in New York in 1868. Thornton Freeway and was demolished in the early 1960s.īut back to the Elks. The building ultimately fell victim to the construction of R. In 1927, use of the building had expanded, and it became the Dallas Jewish Community Center and the headquarters of the Jewish Welfare Federation - in fact, this was the home for these organizations for more than thirty years, until 1958 when the move was made to the new Julius Schepps Community Center in North Dallas. The building on Pocahontas became another clubhouse when it was purchased in 1920 by a group of Jewish businessmen who opened the exclusive Progress Club/Parkview Club (read about the building’s acquisition in a article in The Jewish Monitor, here) in 1922 the 65 members of the Parkview Club presented the clubhouse to the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA). Surprisingly, this lodge served the Elks for only six years - they returned downtown, where they took over and renovated the old YWCA building on Commerce Street. Paul’s Sanitarium), the lodge was built in 1914 the land and the construction of the lodge cost $45,000. Overbeck (the man behind the still-standing D allas County Jail and Criminal Courts Building and the long-gone S t. 71 which once stood at 1817 Pocahontas, at the northwest corner of Pocahontas Street and Park Avenue in the Cedars area, just south of downtown - it had a spectacular view of City Park, which it faced. The postcard image above shows the lovely Dallas Elks Lodge No. 1817 Pocahontas Street, 1914 (click for larger image) ![]()
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