18, Jurisdiction of Georgia, of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America.

Ingram was District Grand Master and Dr. William F. Penn was chairman of the building committee.

Renowned Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards designed the buildings, while Robert E. Pharrow was the contractor and M.B.

[4] The Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium are closely linked with Benjamin Jefferson Davis, Sr. (1870–1945), Atlanta's most influential black journalist, who edited the Atlanta Independent, the official organ of District No.

The Annex was used for many years as a movie house and was the only major venue in Atlanta where blacks could be seated on the main floor.