B.P.O. Elks Building
Winslow, Arizona
Description: B.P.O. Elks Lodge 536. Building
Address: West 3rd Street, Winslow, Navaho County, Arizona
Type: fraternal: lodge
Original Client:
Date: 1923
Condition: extant
Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: two stories, 55 feet wide x 80 feet long x 130 feet deep; rectangular with rear wing
Budget/Cost: $36,000.
Foundation: concrete
Wall Materials: brick
Roofing Materials:
Other Materials: interior wood work will all be of hard wood, oak and maple predominating.
Location of Drawings: El Paso Public Library: (L-41): two original plans on tissue.
Bibliography: Winslow Mail Booster Edition, September 21, 1923
Remarks: Olds Brothers of Winslow constructed the building to specifications developed by Trost and Trost, an architectural firm represented in Arizona by George M. Williamson. The dedication of the new Elks Home was held on May 22, 1924, and remains the home of the Winslow Elks today.
Prepared for the El Paso Public Library by Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990.