This site of importance in Jazz history and African American fraternal history was acquired by the Bulls’ Aid & Pleasure Club in February 1915, just 14 months after the organization was founded. In April 1924, the present building consisting of an event hall was formally dedicated, with the ability to accommodate two bands, offices and recreation rooms. It was well-known for its annual parade featuring a live bull, sharply dressed grand marshal and members of its Uniform Rank in white uniforms. In 1926, undertaker James Holtry proudly observed that every member paid his poll tax, which was required then to vote. In October 1937, the Bulls lost the building, which was purchased a few months later by Winter Capital Lodge No. 595 of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW), the African American parallel to the Benevolent and protective Order of the Elk, which was whites-only until 1973. In 1934, the lodge led the charge in presenting a petition signed by 10,000 Black New Orleanians in support of the Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill in the U.S. Senate. With a significantly diminished membership, Winter Capital Lodge No. 595 sold the building to its current owners in 2004, who long entertained the notion of creating a music venue to pay homage to its history. Twenty years later, the building is on the market and is in danger of demolition or irreparable loss of its historic integrity as its Uptown neighborhood is increasingly gentrified.