Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252

The Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252 is an historic building located in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1912 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] It was probably designed primarily by A. Arthur Guilbert.[2][3]

Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	601 Lake Ave., Racine, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°43′37″N 87°46′52″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912
Architect	Guilbert & Funston
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	84003778[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1984

The 3-story building is a Neoclassical design, with red brick walls trimmed in limestone and brick quoins on the corners. The entrances are framed in Tuscan columns and pilasters. The first and second floor windows are accented with keystones. Above the third floor windows is a wide wooden cornice, and above that a brick parapet.[2]

The lodge closed in January 2011 and the building has since been repurposed for office space.[4] In 2014, the top floor of the building was fully renovated to accommodate the new headquarters for the intellectual property law firm Jansson Munger McKinley & Kirby, Ltd.[5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Katherine H. Rankin; Timothy Heggland (1984-05-15). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Racine Elks Club, Lodge #252". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-07-23. With two photos.
3. "Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
4. Jones, Stephanie (2011-01-17). "Racine Elks Lodge closes". The Journal Times. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
5. "Our Wisconsin Office". Jansson Munber McKinley & Kirby Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-23.