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Address: 2502 - 213 Street
 This hall was erected in 1922 by Fred Wolstenhoime for the Independent Order of Oddfellows. This was the third Oddfellows Hall in Bellevue, two earlier ones having been destroyed in the fires of 1917 and 1921. The new hall served the Oddfellows until it was sold in 1967. It is a one storey building of wood frame and hollow brick tile construction. Note the wooden brackets under the front gable eaves and the small shed roof and brackets over the entrance.
The arch attached to the hall on the east side has an interesting history. It was built to stabilise the hall and the building that stood next to it, which was the United Church. The Bellevue water works ran water south down 25th Avenue in wooden stave pipes, which, when they reached 212th Street split east and west. Leaking water continued down in the direction of the coulee below the town. Its natural route took it between the Oddfellows' Hall and the United Church. The foundations of these buildings became undermined and the arch was put up to strengthen the two comers. It was later blocked off to prevent people taking a short cut between the two buildings from 212th Street to 213th Street. The arch is now once again open, and the short cut was re-established when the United Church was demolished
Directions: Continue west along 213 Street.
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