The Elks Building at the northeast corner of Coffman Street and 3rd Avenue was built in 1925 as a 60′ by 75′ stuccoed three-story building with a clay tile roof. Designed by prominent Colorado architect Robert K. Fuller. Dr. John Andrew, a well-known Longmont physician, served as chairman of the building committee.

Lodge No. 1055 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks had been founded in 1906 in Longmont; however, this building was the organization’s first permanent meeting place. Art Cline, a past Exalted Ruler, headed a new building committee, which in early 1962 contracted with Longmont builder Ralph Faith to erect a 52′ by 100′ addition to the original lodge’s south elevation.

Construction on the addition was begun in mid-March 1962, and it was completed by mid-August. At a ceremony held that month, several memoirs were placed in a brass vault cemented behind the cornerstone. Some of the items placed in the vault were a written history of Lodge 1055, a 50th anniversary brochure, copies of the Longmont Times-Call newspaper, the Lodge’s budget and committees for 1962-1963, and the official ritualistic scorecards for 1959 and 1962, years in which the Lodge had won the state competition.

As of 2022, this building remains in use by Elks Lodge 1055, now celebrating their 116th year anniversary.