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{{short description|Historic clubhouse in Indiana}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = I.O.R.M. Hall, Tonkawa No. 126
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| location = 820 Washington Street, [[Lagro, Indiana|Lagro]], [[Indiana]] 46941 <!-- The nomination form incorrectly gives the address as 828 Washington Street. -->
| locmapin = Indiana#USA
| map_alt = Located in the north central section of Indiana
| coordinates = {{coord|40|50|11|N|85|43|41|W|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| built = 1911
| added = December 1, 2020
| restored =
| restored_by = [[Lagro Canal Foundation]]
| architect =
| architecture = [[Vernacular architecture|Vernacular]], [[Early Commercial architecture|Early Commercial]]
| builder =
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| refnum = 100005871<ref name="List">{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nation...2020-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2020 |date=December 28, 2020 |website=[[National Park Service]] |publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]] |page=142 |accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
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The '''Red Men Hall''' is a historic clubhouse in [[Lagro, Indiana]] completed in 1911. The [[National Register of Historic Places]] listed the building in 2020.<ref name=List/>
== History ==
The [[Improved Order of Red Men]] is a fraternal organization that established a Lagro chapter or "wigwam" in 1888 and named it after the [[Tonkawa]] people. The group's rituals are based on [[Stereotypes of Indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|perceived Native American]] customs.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Playing Indian]] |author-link=Philip J. Deloria |author-last=Deloria |author-first=Philip J. |pages=59–65 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |year=1998}}</ref>
As of 1904, the local had 41 members and, by 1911, was large enough to fund construction of a new building.
<ref name="IA">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/recordofgreatcou1904impr/recordofgreatcou1904impr_djvu.txt |title=Record of the Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of Red Men |last=Watts |first=Thomas H. |editor= |date=2015 |orig-date=Originally Published September 1904 |website= |at=[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] |access-date=April 27, 2024 |via=The [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> However, by 1948, the declining lodge surrendered its charter.<ref name="DNR">{{cite web |url=https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic-preservation/files/hp-NR0721.pdf |title=Historic Preservation November, 2020, through May, 2021 |last= |first= |editor= |date=May 2021 |website=Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology |agency=[[Indiana Department of Natural Resources]] |page=16 |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
Beginning in 2017, the volunteer-based [[Lagro Canal Foundation]] has gradually rehabbed the building by replacing the roof, restoring the facade, and removing debris from the interior.
<ref name="Slacian">{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/foxlitho/docs/4581-business_journal_march_2021-fb |title=Lagro Revitalization |last=Slacian |first=Joseph |editor= |date=Spring 2021 |magazine=Business Journal |publisher=[[The Paper of Wabash County]] |pages=15-20 |access-date=April 27, 2024 |via=[[Issuu]]}}</ref> The group plans for historic preservation to encourage economic redevelopment.<ref name="Landmarks">{{cite web |url=https://www.indianalandmarks.org/2017/12/lagro-restoring-historic-downtown-buildings/ |title=The Power of Small |last= |first= |editor= |date=December 18, 2017 |website=[[Indiana Landmarks]] |publisher= |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
== Architecture ==
The 1911 building reflects both [[Vernacular architecture|vernacular]] and [[Early Commercial architecture|early commercial]] architectural styles. The two-story structure consists of a street-level storefront while the second level contains a meeting room for the lodge. The building shares a common wall with the [[Masonic Temple (Lagro, Indiana|Masonic Temple]], forming a commercial block. The facade of the building is brick with three [[bay (architecture)|bays]] and an inlaid "IORM" detail.<ref name=DNR/> When the front facade was [[repointed]] in 2020, the locally sourced bricks were found to be a non-standard size, so replacements bricks were repurposed from the hidden side wall.<ref name=Slacian/>
== See also ==
* [[Red Men Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania)]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabash County, Indiana]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://indianaredmen.org/ Indiana Redmen]
* [https://www.lagrocanalfoundation.com/ Lagro Canal Foundation]
{{NRHP}}
[[Category:Improved Order of Red Men|Lagro, Indiana]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wabash County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1888]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:1911 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1911]]
[[Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana]]
[[Category:Vernacular architecture in the United States]]
[[Category:Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places]]
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{{short description|Historic clubhouse in Indiana}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = I.O.R.M. Hall, Tonkawa No. 126
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| image =
| caption =
| alt =
| location = 820 Washington Street, [[Lagro, Indiana|Lagro]], [[Indiana]] 46941 <!-- The nomination form incorrectly gives the address as 828 Washington Street. -->
| locmapin = Indiana#USA
| map_alt = Located in the north central section of Indiana
| coordinates = {{coord|40|50|11|N|85|43|41|W|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| built = 1911
| added = December 1, 2020
| restored =
| restored_by = [[Lagro Canal Foundation]]
| architect =
| architecture = [[Vernacular architecture|Vernacular]], [[Early Commercial architecture|Early Commercial]]
| builder =
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
| refnum = 100005871<ref name="List">{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nation...2020-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2020 |date=December 28, 2020 |website=[[National Park Service]] |publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]] |page=142 |accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
| website =
}}
The '''Red Men Hall''' is a historic clubhouse in [[Lagro, Indiana]] completed in 1911. The [[National Register of Historic Places]] listed the building in 2020.<ref name=List/>
== History ==
The [[Improved Order of Red Men]] is a fraternal organization that established a Lagro chapter or "wigwam" in 1888 and named it after the [[Tonkawa]] people. The group's rituals are based on [[Stereotypes of Indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|perceived Native American]] customs.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Playing Indian]] |author-link=Philip J. Deloria |author-last=Deloria |author-first=Philip J. |pages=59–65 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |year=1998}}</ref>
As of 1904, the local had 41 members and, by 1911, was large enough to fund construction of a new building.
<ref name="IA">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/recordofgreatcou1904impr/recordofgreatcou1904impr_djvu.txt |title=Record of the Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of Red Men |last=Watts |first=Thomas H. |editor= |date=2015 |orig-date=Originally Published September 1904 |website= |at=[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] |access-date=April 27, 2024 |via=The [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> However, by 1948, the declining lodge surrendered its charter.<ref name="DNR">{{cite web |url=https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic-preservation/files/hp-NR0721.pdf |title=Historic Preservation November, 2020, through May, 2021 |last= |first= |editor= |date=May 2021 |website=Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology |agency=[[Indiana Department of Natural Resources]] |page=16 |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
Beginning in 2017, the volunteer-based [[Lagro Canal Foundation]] has gradually rehabbed the building by replacing the roof, restoring the facade, and removing debris from the interior.
<ref name="Slacian">{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/foxlitho/docs/4581-business_journal_march_2021-fb |title=Lagro Revitalization |last=Slacian |first=Joseph |editor= |date=Spring 2021 |magazine=Business Journal |publisher=[[The Paper of Wabash County]] |pages=15-20 |access-date=April 27, 2024 |via=[[Issuu]]}}</ref> The group plans for historic preservation to encourage economic redevelopment.<ref name="Landmarks">{{cite web |url=https://www.indianalandmarks.org/2017/12/lagro-restoring-historic-downtown-buildings/ |title=The Power of Small |last= |first= |editor= |date=December 18, 2017 |website=[[Indiana Landmarks]] |publisher= |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
== Architecture ==
The 1911 building reflects both [[Vernacular architecture|vernacular]] and [[Early Commercial architecture|early commercial]] architectural styles. The two-story structure consists of a street-level storefront while the second level contains a meeting room for the lodge. The building shares a common wall with the [[Masonic Temple (Lagro, Indiana|Masonic Temple]], forming a commercial block. The facade of the building is brick with three [[bay (architecture)|bays]] and an inlaid "IORM" detail.<ref name=DNR/> When the front facade was [[repointed]] in 2020, the locally sourced bricks were found to be a non-standard size, so replacements bricks were repurposed from the hidden side wall.<ref name=Slacian/>
== See also ==
* [[Red Men Hall (Reading, Pennsylvania)]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabash County, Indiana]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://indianaredmen.org/ Indiana Redmen]
* [https://www.lagrocanalfoundation.com/ Lagro Canal Foundation]
{{NRHP}}
[[Category:Improved Order of Red Men|Lagro, Indiana]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wabash County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1888]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:1911 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1911]]
[[Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana]]
[[Category:Vernacular architecture in the United States]]
[[Category:Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places]]
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