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The Odd Fellows Hall has been sold for more than three times what a bidder originally offered.
An online auction site shows that bidding on the historic building closed at 9 a.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday with a high bid of $1.2 million.
The 119-year-old, three-story office building sits on the north side of Market Street between Main and West Temple streets in downtown Salt Lake City. It was moved to its current location from across the street last year to make room for a new federal courthouse just west of the Frank E. Moss U.S. Courthouse at 350 S. Main St.
Pressure from preservationists convinced government officials to move the Odd Fellows building rather than demolish it. The federal government spent $6.5 million to move and spruce up the structure.
A July 28 auction by the General Services Administration brought only one offer, for $365,000. Another auction began Aug. 4 with a beginning bid of $500,000 and ended Wednesday with the $1.2 million bid.
The winning bidder is identified online only by the pseudonym of rosebud. The General Services Administration said it does not release the name of the purchaser until the deed is recorded and made public record.