La Junta IOOF Lodge No. 74 14 W. 3rd St.

The two-story International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) building was constructed in 1929. The facade is faced with red wire-drawn brick in a running bond pattern with decorative brickwork and white terra cotta ornamentation. The rest of the building is clad in pressed red brick in a common bond with headers every seven courses. Research confirms that the builder was the N.G. Petry Company.

IOOF, a fraternal organization formed in 1819 in Baltimore, was first organized in La Junta in 1887 with thirty charter members. In 1902, La Junta Lodge No. 74 merged with May Lodge No. 126, resulting in a membership of about 115.

The Odd Fellows formed the Odd Fellows Hall Association (OFHA), in May 1905, for the express purpose of buying the three half lots fronting on Kansas Street from T.T. Woodruff. April of 1929, a permit was issued for construction of the IOOF hall. On June 16, 1929, the corner stone was laid in public ceremony, with lodge members marching in a parade from its hall (presumably the Commercial College Hall) to the site, and with IOOF Grand Master Charles E. Adams of Montrose presiding. The lodge was formally dedicated on August 25, 1929. The Daily Democrat wrote an article that described the building noting that the second floor of the building contained a 38x50 foot lodge room and a 29x36 foot dining room. Also a club room and a suite of three office rooms on the second floor. The first floor was occupied by the Piggly Wiggle store and the La Junta Music & Jewelry Company,. In 1935, Safeway was in the western storefront. 

In 1937, the Lodge defaulted on its loan and the building was sold at public auction to the OLBA. In 1943, Albert R. McKenzie and his mother, Cora E. McKenzie, bought the building from the OLBA. The McKenzie's music and furniture store had been longtime tenant of the building. 

Francis (Frank) W. McKenzie immigrated to the U.S. in 1873 with his parents, James and Ellen. Frank married Cora E. Bockman in 1896 and by 1906 the couple moved to Fowler, Colorado, where Frank opened a grocery, tea, and coffee business. Soon after they moved to Rocky Ford, Colorado to open a music store. In 1927, the McKenzies and their three sons, Albert R., George W., and John A. moved to La Junta continuing their music business and expanding to include appliances and furniture. McKenzie's became a dealer for the Wurlitzer Company's Piano Division, and then the Baldwin Piano Company in 1940. By 1980, Ann McKenzie and her husband Don Coker took over the family business. They sold the business in 2000 and the furniture gallery closed. Commercial businesses continue to occupy the first floor.