Fairlawn Hospital is located on May Street near the intersection of June Street. Like the other hospitals, it has been added onto several times.

This building was purchased by the "four-square" church and is now home to Triunmphant Life Ministries

The Odd Fellows Home is still standing on Randolph Rd. in Worcester, kitty corner across from the Higgins Amory, and directly across from Dodge Park Retirement Home and C&R Tire. It is not part of Fairlawn Hospital. The original building picutred above still stands and there was a wing added during the 1990's.

In 17th century England, it was odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need and of pursuing projects for the benefit of all mankind. Those who belonged to such an organization were called "Odd Fellows". Odd Fellows are also known as "The Three Link Fraternity" which stands for Friendship, Love and Truth. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is one of the largest and oldest fraternal orders in the United States. Odd Fellowship was founded in England where it grew up during the 18th century. Odd Fellows Nursing Home of Worcester was established in 1892.

This building was used in an episode of the 'X-Files' in the 1990's as a backdrop for a hospital. In the story, some patients were given eastern medicinal treatments by an orderly which caused them to see strange things. It's a picturesque building with a spooky feel to it. It's believable enough in some ways that there would be 'ghosts' there just looking at that brooding place standing overlooking the city.

from http://www.archive.org/details/dictionaryofworc00rice Dictionary of Worcester (Massachusetts) and its vicinity (1893) second issue State homes for disabled members of the I. O. O. F., and the widows and orphans of deceased brothers who required assistance, had been erected in different sections of the country before the idea was taken up in Massachusetts. The matter came before the Grand Lodge in this State in 1874, and was put off from time to time till 1887, when active measures were taken to effect a practical result in the raising of money to build a State Home. Within two years $35,000 had been obtained, and the offer of Thomas H. Dodge, Esq., of a tract of eleven acres of land near Barber's Crossing in Worcester settled the question of the location of the Home, and steps were taken towards the speedy erection of the buildmg. The trustees purchased considerable land in addition to that given by Mr. Dodge, and of this 10,000 feet was set off in garden plots to be allotted to Rebekah Lodges, which will assume the care of them. The site of the building is elevated, and the whole tract affords a fine prospect. The building was erected from plans by Barker & Nourse. It is four and one-half stories high, built of brick and brownstone. Forty inmates can be accommodated, allowing each a room. The cost was about $50,000. The corner stone was laid Oct. 8, 1890, with appropriate ceremonies. The oration was delivered by C. M. Busbee of North Carolna, grand sire of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. The Home was dedicated on the 22d of June, 1892, on which occasion there was a grand parade of Odd Fellows from all parts of the State.

I worked in the original Odd Fellows building from 1985-1988 in the Maintenance Dept. w/ George Menard. I mostly worked the overnight shift 11:30- 7 am. George was a great guy to work for, and I had many conversations with some of the residents about the "old days" as they called it. I did lots of snowplowing in the winter, and cut the fields in the summer. The old clock tower was a great place to look out from at night and see the entire city. The additional wing folks talk about was added in 1925. I made some good friends there. Too bad it hasn't been maintained very well by the present owners.

In the 1950s there was a grand chestnut tree on the front grounds. Remember folk sitting on the terraces. Dodge Park is across the street and the Armony adjacent. Believe a mre modern wing/blg serves today as a nursing home.

The place looks really eerie on cloudy and rainy mornings. with it's a boarded windows as well as one smashed one. Maybe its so intriguing to me because It looks so forbidden and abandoned. I'd love to go in there at night!

i grew up going to the church that was housed in the odd fellows home in worcester. i have many creepy memories of travelling with my older brother and his friends the 3rd and 4th floors which mysteriously were never used by the church despite needs for more space. the rooms on these floors were virtually untouched complete with hospital beds, prosthetic limbs, old style wheelchairs, and bats galore. i started going to church there at the age of 6 and left when i was 17 will never forget the enormous sense of "awareness" that the building seems to have. years ago friends and i found a whole room in the basement containing records spanning the home's life. the place has some very interesting stories!

I grew up on Ericsson street in the late 1940's and 1950's. I used to ride my bike around the grounds of the Home but had great fun playing in and around the barn behind the home at the time. They had cows in the fields and we would jump into the hay in the barn. There was a huge chestnut tree outside the barn. We would roll down the hill behind the barn, it is now covered with trees, I got dizzy and threw up. We also played in the Higgins museum which was air-conditioned. It was a great time and place to grow up.