The Elks Building has stood on Middle Street since 1908 — built as a lodge for the Elks fraternity, and home to a long line of businesses in the decades since. It is the tallest and most prominent commercial building in downtown New Bern, and for too long it has sat empty. King & Lasso acquired it to change that. The restoration will return the building to active use as a mixed-use anchor for downtown: a place to eat, work, live, and gather, under one historic roof.