Billy Webb Elks Lodge #1050 in Portland’s Albina neighborhood received $140,000 from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund – a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

When Deborah Roache heard the news that the Billy Webb Elks Lodge had caught fire on Sept. 11 2021, her first reaction was shock. “I expected to come here and see this whole building engulfed in ...

The Pilgrims Rest Elks Lodge No. 601 served as a business networking resource for the African American community, and provided a means for women to participate in the organization through the ...

Crawford Elks Lodge, which they say has been an important ... “What I discovered is it’s critical to the African American community. It’s the last of its kind intact,” Watson said.

Through the organization’s archived reports, the Atomic Elks Lodge received its charter around ... of the last surviving economic buildings owned by African Americans in the Scarboro community. The ...

Birmingham firefighters battled a blaze overnight in the 800 block of 12th Street North, identified as the historic Black Elks lodge. A representative at the Fire and Rescue Department was not ...