Hoffner Pub will be open during the Northside 4th of July Parade and the Northside Rock N Roll Carnival (July 3-6)
Hoffner Lodge is a historic building in the vibrant business district of Northside. The (former) Masonic Lodge was built in 1885 on land donated by wealthy landowner Jacob Hoffner. The building was designed by Albert C. Nash.
The street-level spaces have always housed businesses, previously including a grocery store, laundry, post office, and the original location of Northside Bank and Trust Company (now across the street).
The 2nd and 3rd floors originally served as the Masonic Lodge, with spaces for meetings, performances and, we've been told, solitary confinement (!!!).
National Register of Historic Places Paperwork
Hoffner Historic District Wikipedia Page
Hoffner Historic District on JSTOR
Hoffner Pub (Street Level - 4124 Hamilton Avenue)
Northside Print Shop (Street Level - 4122 Hamilton Avenue)
Alphas Improv (First Floor - 4120 Hamilton Avenue)
Hoffner Stage Event Space (Second Floor - 4120 Hamilton Avenue)
Tango Northside (Third Floor - 4120 Hamilton Avenue)
Buddhist Dharma Center (Street Level Rear, Accessible from Moline Ct. - 4122B Hamilton Avenue)
The design of Hoffner Lodge is often misattributed to Samuel Hannaford. According to prominent local historian Walter E. Langsam, this was actually the work of Albert C. Nash, who also designed the Masonic Lodge in Ludlow, KY, as well as the Wyoming Baptist Church, Campbell County Courthouse in Newport, former Fort Washington Hotel in downtown Cincinnati, and Bourbon County Courthouse in Paris, KY. (Hannaford and Nash are not known to have professionally collaborated, but Hannaford was one of the authors of Nash's 1890 obituary, which stated, "From an architectural standpoint, Mr. Nash was successful more in planning than in exterior or interior decoration." That's stone cold.)