Lodge Directory. Lodge meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7:30 pm. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. Johnson was born 1907 in Houston but raised in Los Angeles. Seattle Elks is on Facebook. Susan A. said: Spent 4 nights here. [21] Taylor, 108. Although when compared to more prominent jazz cities like Chicago, New York, or New Orleans, Seattles scene was small, it had its own special character. Hence, a predominantly African-American membership that peaked at about 200 two decades ago has dwindled to fewer than 50. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. Blacknall tried to get his 33-year-old son and some of his friends to join the Cascade lodge, but says, "They aren't attracted to structure and policies and all that crap." Their functions can range fromutilitarian Brooks uses them to store iPods, change, dartsand playing cards to celebratory. Amid all this, we encounter Brooks, sipping on a glass of Crown Royal poured by bartender and Daughter Ruler Gaye Spearman. In 1907, the Seattle Republican reported on the Order . How The Little Red Hen has survived for 50 years in Green Lake. [9] Jackson Street is Quiet Thoroughfare On Sunday, Northwest Enterprise, 12 October, 1933, p.1. View Map (253) 300-8759 Contact Us. We just got PayPal, Brad announces, so weve officially joined the 90s! Hes joking, but the adoption of digital technologies like the ability to pay dues online instead of writing a check (which, until very recently, was the only way to keep your membership active), and an active Facebook page, and the app has been crucial in expanding the Elks reach. From left to right, Leon Hutchinson, John Slocum, Glover Compton, and Frank Waldron. He owned both a Stutz Bearcat and a 1921 Packard and his ostentatious lifestyle likely offended many in such hard times, especially racist whites who cursed the success of Black entrepreneurs. Email us at editor@crosscut.com or submit it to our story form. Condemnation of religious ideology is directed against church doctrine and not against individual adherents or members.. Nationally, the Elks raised $343 million in charitable gifts in 2015, and while each lodge pays dues on the national level, most funds remain local. The unique political and social climate of Prohibition and 1920s Seattle nurtured the rapid growth of the citys nightlife and Jackson Streets many clubs. Sunday, April 02. [32] Some of these big names even appeared in Jackson Streets nightclubs. An earlier version of this story misstated her last name. In early jazz styles, all band members played together around one simple melody and jazz bands usually consisted of four to ten members, called combos. The Depression era saw early jazz styles evolve into a more complex swing style, where particular parts of the band traded off playing melodies one after the other, in a call-and-response pattern. It directly impacts their communities, and they can feel and touch it.. They dont look at me as some old fogy. 1) The Black & Tan Club: 404 12th Ave. S. Seattle's most esteemed and longest-lived jazz nightclub operated from 1922-1966 under various names, and was the backdrop to greats like Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, and Charlie Parker. Riggs obtained a copy of the BPOE ritual and applied for and was granted copyright for the Black Elks. 527 were here. It wasnt an accident that Voltaire, George Washington, and Ben Franklin were all active members. I have some edits for you, Ill send you an email, she replies, rushing out the door to make a literal mile of lasagna noodles from scratch. [6] Ibid., 3. The unique racial makeup of the Jackson Street area and the political context that licensed illegal activity made Jackson Street, as the Northwest Enterprise claimed, the citys playground., Seattles jazz scene thrived but showed some marked differences from jazz elsewhere in the country. Brooks was impressed by the stream of successful African-American professionals the lodge brought in for chats, and membership was robust through the early 2000s. Ive only been yelled at to go home, gentrifiers once! Based on Charity,. They were determined to form an organization that granted membership to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, or ethnicity. The back deck on a sunny day overlooking Puget Sound during the Bacon Off competition. ArtSEA: Comedy, dance and bankruptcy, now showing on Seattle stages, ArtSEA: Swaddle yourself in soft Seattle art, Some farmers question WA state's plan to pay workers overtime, As Downtown recovers, Seattle reimagines what it could be, Two Pike Place totem poles to be removed but maybe not for good, As crypto mines aim for climate action, critics call greenwashing, Human Elements: Glass creations inspired by PNW marine life. During the Great Depression, there was no time to reminisce about the excess of the Roaring Twentiesit was a time to look forward. But the mother of two is a regular fixture at the lodge, which she joined about four years ago, so that my kids would have somewhere to pee when we were at the beach. That beach, right on the Puget Sound and the bar that extends above it is how the vast majority of the new members at the Ballard Elks found out about the lodge, which is one of the fastest-growing in America, mushrooming from around 800 members in 2012 to over 1,200 today. [29] Smith spared few expenses, flying in musical and dance acts from Los Angeles, and as a result most of the patrons attracted to the club were white. Under Bonds' stewardshipas former chapter president, the Elks Lodge paid off its mortgage and now owns the building. Copyright (c) 2010, Kaegan Faltys-Burr [22] de Barros, 42-43. A former lawyer, Mr. Okabe is a first-generation American and is very devoted to his country. Another nightclub to flourish during the New Deal period, more characteristic of the gritty Jackson Street jazz scene, was the Green Dot. To facilitate this musical exchange within bands, jazz bands got biggeroften times with twenty members or moreand became know as big bands.[19]. [23] From then on, Seattle was home for Johnson and he found little shortage of work in Jackson Streets many jazz clubs and in the roadhouses outside of townthat is, until the depths of the Depression. Thanks to all who got a copy of the first b Dr. James Gore interviews me for 60 minutes on KKNW. Processing / Interviews / Initiation: 6. In this segment, he shares a few reasons why he enjoys the African American community, O de wurl aint flat,An de wurl aint roun,Hits one long stripHangin up an downJes Souf an Norf;Jes Norf an Souf. Lodge Address: 6411 Seaview Avenue NW Seattle WA 98107. Smith owned numerous nightclubs during the 1920s and 1930s, for which Taylor dubs him the impresario of black nightlife. The Depression hit everyone in Seattlebut not Smith. The Ancient Order was created before state health insurance began in England, so the cluboffered sickbenefits to its working class members. I tell people that Im part of the Elks and they give me funny looks, Ben Braden, who sits on the Ballard Elks executive committee, told me. Before World War II, membership was at 1.1 million and growing at a rate of 110,000 new members a year. Prolonged negotiations and mounting complaints at the Seattle-based coffee retailer show the obstacles a new labor movement faces. One proposal involves replacing the waterscape dinosaur sculptures and all with a meadow of native plants. [29] Taylor, 147. Thursday: 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday: 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. And there are allurements, if you know where to find themJackson Street might well be called the Poor Mans Playground. Here all races meet on common ground and rub elbows as equals. The social quarters have no phone. Jazz musicians and clubs came and wentPalmer Johnson went all the way to China while the Ubangi club just went underbut Jackson Street remained the heart of Seattle jazz for many years after the Great Depression. The group voted to name itself the Elks, narrowly defeating the Buffaloes, and borrowed much of its ritual from the Freemasons, then one of the largest organizations in the country. It feels, as Putnam would put it, like social capital. . Started after the Civil War, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) originally didn't admit African-American members. The order is just one of many clandestine organizations that exist today, though the popularity of these secret clubs peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries, writes Noah Shachtman for Wired. [24] Even the Northwest Enterprise took notice of Johnsons extended vacation: "A letter from Palmer D. Johnson tells of the success in Shanghai, China, of the colored band organized in Seattle last summer to fill engagaments [sic] in the Orient. Portraits of officers of the Ballard Elks on the monthly initiation day. The lodge shouldered additional duties as the Highland-Ridge neighborhood in Birmingham slid into decline. B. F. Howard and Pullman Porter Arthur J. Riggs, who had both been denied membership in the all-White BPOE, created the organization. Three people posing at the Black Elk's Club, Seattle, circa 1944. But even the lavish Ubangi continued to deal with problems of police harassment. Introduced himself to *RayCharles 16 @BlackElksClub Inspired by his blindness and genius. It wasnt until the 70s that they allowed male minorities to join. Like the Foresters, it set up protections for its members. The view from the room is beautiful,, Satch S. said: Every time I have gone into this business to rent something it has, Seasaidh M. said: I had a bad experience for reasons that were outside of normal, Tim K. said: Having party needed table and chairs and few other items. There are myriad reasons for the decay in social capital and civic investment: women moving full-time into the workforce, suburbanization and resultant commute time, television, globalization, changes in the family unit, and a general distrust and disillusion with politics and efficacy of civic engagement. No less than the New York Times weighed in on secret societies in 1880, not wholly dismissing the theory that Freemasonry brought about the civil war and acquitted President Johnson and has committed or concealed crimes without number. The Times comments, This able theory of Freemasonry is not so readily believed as the theory that the European secret societies are the ruling power in Europe, but there are still many people as yet outside the lunatic asylum who firmly believe it., Many religious leaders felt at the very least conflicted about secret orders. In November 1928, Johnson made his way from California to Washington in search of opportunities to play music, and found them on Jackson Street. Jasmine. Matt Lutton / Boreal Collective for BuzzFeed News, Steve Larson/The Denver Post via Getty Images, Library of Congress; courtesy Ballard Elks, the only real place for black folks to go. Lodge Name or No. [27] Ibid., 43. Jake and John joke during the steak initiation dinner. Privacy Statement Jackson Street jazz musicians also took their craft overseas and while entertaining international crowds, some learned a thing or two. Formally called the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, the order was once considered to be at the center of the black community. [7] Ibid., 12-17. Any Elks club in the world, when the clock strikes 11, we recite the toast.. On Sunday September 10, 1933, county constables raided the Black and Tan. The Ballard Elks Lodge #827 sits on the shores of Shilshole Bay in Seattle overlooking beautiful Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. She told me this day is a dream come true for her. A week after new member orientation, its initiation night, and the steaks, served to every new member, are on the grill. But the upstairs is Elks territory, in all its wood-paneled glory. As multiple studies have shown, the more you drink and eat and do philanthropy work and live with people unlike you, the more likely you are to treat them as people, whether in your voting patterns, public speech, or willingness to help them in a time of crisis. In Ballard, the Elks are a salve for very contemporary and Seattle-specific syndromes: For transplants, its an antidote to the Seattle Freeze, the term for the difficulty non-natives face in making friends or finding dates; for natives, its a retreat from the Amazon-incited condo-ization of the city as a whole and Ballard in particular. [2] Ibid., 1. Shes come out to the deck to remind Ben Braden that hes got 10 minutes until the house council meeting. ), In many ways, Lois is the go-to historian for the Elks: Shes been attending functions since the 1960s, when they were in their old building, and joined the Emblem Club, a still-vibrant auxiliary organization for spouses of Elks members that developed during World War I. Lois describes the lodge in the 60s as kind of weird. The women couldnt come in the bar, which was up on the second floor, she says. Indeed, historian Quintard Taylor remarks that the Jackson Street clubs were the only places where well-to-do white businessmen and socialites met black and Asian laborers and maids as social equals.[10] While the musicians on Jackson Street were mostly Black, they played for crowds of whites from all over the city as well as for Blacks and Asians. Instead of Central Park, theres Lake Union, filled with floatplanes and houseboats. It also let the city see and hear the evolution of jazz on Jackson Street. Terms of Use We rely on donations from readers like you to sustain Crosscut's in-depth reporting on issues critical to the PNW. Raffle tickets and drinks at Ballard Elks Club. "This year has been a banner year . The sign for the Elks bears the distinctive Elks E: a backwards 3 that looks like its been scribbled in thick marker. During this period, Yesler Way represented the dividing line between the more respectable parts of Seattle to the north, and the newly settled Yesler-Jackson community to the south. If we were a mafia organization, one member tells me, then Lois would be the boss. When I first meet her, shes wearing a two-piece jean outfit with nautical embroidery and matching jewelry. Two unidentified women are standing on either side of a man in uniform at the Black Elk's Club, 600 Jackson Street. Hes watched as the sport, and the popularity of the beach next to the Elks, has exploded; over the last five years, hes taught hundreds to paddle and introduced dozens to the lodge. A woman who gave her name as Yvette dances and whistles to a song during a 70s-themed partyat Cascade Lodge No. Together, the roadhouses and the Jackson Street night clubs embedded jazz in Seattles nightlife and [b]y 1928, jazz had taken over the popular music scene.[7] Clubs continued to pop up on and around Jackson Streetthe Blue Rose (later called the Rocking Chair) on 14th and Yesler and the Chinese Gardens Club (aka the Bucket of Blood), across from 511 7th Street Southand even when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression hit, there was no doubt that jazz would remain on Jackson Street. She was previously the assistant web editor, humanities, for Smithsonian magazine. 1416 in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, Feb. 23, 2019. Fillipinos [sic], Japanese, Negros and whites mingle in the same hotels and restaurants and there is an air of comradeship."[9]. Perhaps the growth stems from the fact that the Elks, like the Moose and the Eagles, have always been rooted in the social, the apolitical, the relatively low-commitment philanthropic. Ballroom dancing night at the Ballard Elks Club. Follow the Great Depression Project/ Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project on Facebook, Seattle's jazz culture flourished in the 1920s and 1930s, particularly in the multiracial neighborhood culture of Jackson Street in Seattle's Central District. Seattles jazz scene weathered the Depression well and managed to maintain the vibrant musical scene that had developed in the area in the decades before the economic crash. Johnson started playing music at age seven and was playing professional jazz gigs by 1924, only ten years later. The renaissance of the Ballard Elks suggests, however quietly, that wide-scale civic engagement and the bridging social capital and empathy that accompanies it is returning. Or so the narrative goes. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The Knights of Pythias is still active and isa partnerof the Boy Scouts of America, the second organization to receive its charter from the United States Congress. Nestor and his wife moved to Ballard decades ago, buying a home that theyd never be able to afford today. We will visit Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston writes about the destruction of family in Farewell to Manzanar . It was formally called the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and was founded in Cincinnati, OH. Growing up in North Carolina, he says, "We used to go there as teenagers, but as long as we behaved ourselves, they let us stay.". Thank you for coming this afternoon. 3014 3rd Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109-1601 (206) 282-9292 Mailing Address P.O. ", Like Spearman, Blacknall was exposed to an Elks lodge as a child and stuck with it. the lodge was one of the few places where black men and women could . She grew up in Ohio; her grandfather was an Elk. In the end, Jackson Street should be remembered not only for its jazz music, but also for its ability to bring diverse peoples together. The Old HangoutAt Elks Temple. Johnson claimed that in the multiracial milieu of Shanghai, the American white man was the most ill-mannered, a claim that most Chinese agreed with. The Northwest Enterprise reported on the raid the following Thursday: "In what was purported to be a gambling raid, four constables from the Morningside precinct engaged in a battle royal with employees of the Black and Tan Club, 12th Ave. S. and Jackson Street early Sunday MorningFinding no evidence of gambling two constables said to have been under the influence of liquor, began abusing the employees by cursing. Edythe, Floyd, and son Floyd Jr., who became a renowned alto saxophonist, next moved from Spokane to Tacoma in 1920. (Its so unflattering!). 29 backwards! she snaps back, an iron trap. 2023 Smithsonian Magazine Back then, many of these societies served as safe spaces for open dialogue about everything from academia to religious discourse, removed from the restrictive eye of the church and state. The steaks especially good this week, according to Lois, because Felix is using a demi-glace. The boys left Seattle in July and reached Shanghai in September where they have been a big hit at St. Anans [sic] Cabaret, largest pleasure resort in the Chinese cityMr. 1416 in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, Feb. 23, 2019. Members and visitors dance during a Boogie Nights-themed 70s dance party at Cascade Lodge No. 1416 seen adjacent to the Rainier Beach Light Rail Station at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Henderson Street in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, Feb. 23, 2019. Wednesday: 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A member discovered her, but, instead of kicking her out, brought her to the bar. When my family lived in Wallingford, we were the only Asian family in the entire neighborhood. Since then, the demographics of Seattle, like the Elks themselves, have been slow to shift. Kalama Harbor Lodge; Kennedy School; Old St. Francis School; Olympic Club; White Eagle Saloon & Hotel; Weddings; Meetings; . 2) The Black Elks Club: 662 S Jackson, 662 MISTAKE top floor. In recent years, however, the Post-Gazette commented that the secret organization has struggled to retain its relevance. Mike Seely is a former editor-in-chief of Seattle Weekly and the author of Seattles Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving in the Emerald City. And sadly, the Ubangi only operated for a few years before it closed in 1938 when the building was sold.[30]. In the last year alone, the Ballard Elks have donated $9,000 in scholarship funds to high school students at Ballard High; a massive clothing swap brought in $2,000 and pounds of clothing for Marys Place, a resource center for homeless women and children. (Her medieval bad-ass title indicates that she heads up the lodges womens auxiliary.) Hes watched as the Ballard VFW, where hes also a member, has declined and fielded multiple all-cash offers for its slowly dilapidating building, situated in prime Old Ballard real estate. You can watch dozens of versions of it on YouTube, in various degrees of formality and intoxication, the words sticky in throats and scratchy on old gramophones. "We've basically been growing by 20 percent a year," says the lodge's former exalted ruler, Ben Braden, who acknowledges that his lodge's waterfront location on Shilshole Bay is a pretty enviable calling card. Even before he was named Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, George IV, had been a member of the Freemasons, but as the story goes, when he wanted a relative of his to be admitted to the society without having to to endure the lengthy initiation process, the request was emphatically denied. Now they have to go down and around [the train tracks]. The actors referred to in a quote regarding the origins of the Elks formed a private club after they wanted to drink on Sundays and it wasn't allowed. That prompted Blacks to form their own organization, the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW). The couple recently sold their sprawling home in the suburbs and downsized to a condo on the waterfront, where they walk to work and compete for the most steps on their Fitbits. Were getting a lot of new blood, but we have to sustain it. John and his partner, Jake, chose bingo, helping run the Memorial Day events and eating monthly steak. The Ballard Elks has more than 560. Todays group includes a broad-smiling, Anthropologie-vibed woman, in her mid-thirties, who became involved through the Eat Ballard neighborhood association; a couple with relaxed faces in their sixties who live in the condos next door; a real estate agent in her forties who thought itd be a good time to be part of a service organization; and a youngish dad who runs a business refurbishing vintage furniture from his home, just a pinecones throw away from here. Theres also a pair of grizzly-bearded, round-bellied twentysomethings, one of whom just moved from Pennsylvania, where his grandfathers an Elk. Ballard Elks Operating Fund Emergency Fund, Downstairs Event Space Sunset Bay Lodge, Animal House and Toga Contest February 25th. What the Elks provides varies from person to person, but the overarching gift remains the same: Its like home, in a time when that notion is very much in flux. While there, he made good money, but Seattle band leader Earl Whaley convinced Johnson to quit the Portland scene and join a band he was taking to Shanghai, China. A year later, the Northwest Enterprise reported another Sunday morning raid, this one on December 30, 1934: President Roosevelts New Deal cash infusions put money into peoples pockets, which created demand for nighttime entertainment. Here are just a few: In 1907, the Seattle Republican reported on the Order of Elks, writing that "it is claimed by members and officers that it is one of the most thriving secret societies among Afro-Americans of this city." It is also an outstanding venue for charitable events, family events, corporate outings and other events that will raise funds to support our charitable endeavors. We welcome your "cyber" visit and hope you may find time in your travels to visit us in person! The fact that it was the police who first started abusing employees at the Black and Tan, which then led to the ensuing battle royal, suggests that the police came with malicious intentions. At the time, secret societies were banned from Ireland as they were said to have acted in antagonism to the Land League, an Irish political organization, according to Irelands official records on statistics of eviction and crime. Suddenly the lights went out and a battle ensued in which the county officers were roughly handledNot satisfied with their raid Sunday morning and incensed by the beating they received, two of the constables returned to the club Tuesday night and assaulted Lem Turner, colored bystander outside the clubThe raid and actions of the constables has caused city wide condemnation and is generally regarded as an attempt to shakedown the sporting district for graft money."[16]. To get to the bar of Cascade Lodge No. There are real skeletons in the orders lodges; they are used during initiation to remind its members of their mortality, the Washington Post reported in 2001. He felt there was a moral need for an organization that practiced brotherly love, which would make sense, seeing as the country was in the midst of the Civil War. It will get near death and come back again. Hearthstone Inn. And they said no way just dont cuss in front of the girls, and dont drink before the meetings.. Advertising Notice The building is also home to an . Jazz on Jackson Street provided an environment where Seattleites of all races and classes could come together to enjoy themselves during the hard economic times of the Great Depression. Casey, who has the freckles and eye crinkles of someone who lives on the water, was one of the first to start stand-up paddling in Seattle. Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. As reported in David Keller's book The Blue Note, it was Jones "who also paid for Mr. Ray Charles Robinson's Trailways bus ticket to Seattle from Tampa, Florida." Theres a similar cult of personality around Nestor Tamayao, a retired Army communications officer who, along with his brother, Felix, joined the Elks in 2012. &q 4Culture awarded a grant to extend performances of Panama Hotel Jazz. Fraternal organizations, writes historian Robert D. Putnam, represented a reaction against the individualism and anomie of this era of rapid social change, asylum from a disordered and uncertain world. Many provided material benefits like life and health insurance, as well as social solidarity and ritual; by 1910, more than one-third of adult males over the age of 19 were a member of at least one. Heres how one Seattle neighborhood has made the Elks, and the community it provides, cool again. In Farewell to Manzanar , Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston describes her father singing "Kimi ga yo," the Japanese national anthem. A place for members to socialize. There was a distinct need and desire for these organizations in Black communities because they were wanted everywhere. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. They elected their own leaders and drew up constitutions to govern their operations. 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