 An earlier rectory in Odenbach was badly damaged in the harsh winter of 1784-1785 and could no longer be used as a home.Thus arose a new one in 1788-1789, on the same spot, a two-storey Classicist building designed by Palatinate-Zweibrücken’s “countryside and boulevard director” ("Land- und Chausseedirektor") Gerhard Friedrich Wahl, which is striking for its tight geometric shapes and its simplicity.Also belonging to the house were a barn, a stable, a bakehouse and an open shed whose roof rests on two wooden pillars, the whole built in a square shape so that a closed yard was formed within.