Mazeppa Ancient Order of United Workers Building, First Street (East side) between Maple & Walnut Streets, Mazeppa, Wabasha County, MN

Significance: Mazeppa Lodge Number 183 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, founded in 1878, was one of a number of fraternal and benevolent organizations established in the community during a period of growth and prosperity in the 1870s and 1880s. The group met in rented facilities until 1912, when it erected the commercial block and hall that is the subject of this study. The building's design is typical of the many two-story, brick commercial structures built along small town main streets in the early twentieth century. Long used for storage, and in deteriorated condition, the building reflects the changes that have transformed small rural communities in the mid- to late twentieth century, as economic opportunities have diminished and older social organizations have dissolved.
Survey number: HABS MN-137