Eagle Lodge

United States historic place
Eagle Lodge
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Eagle Lodge, September 2019
36°4′31″N 79°5′59″W / 36.07528°N 79.09972°W / 36.07528; -79.09972
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1823
ArchitectWilliam Nichols
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part ofHillsborough Historic District
NRHP reference No.71000607[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1971

Eagle Lodge is a historic Masonic lodge building located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built in 1823, and two-story, three-bay, square brick building in the Greek Revival style. It has a low hipped roof with heavy box cornice and a one-story pedimented porch with Ionic order columns.[2]

The Eagle Lodge was first chartered in 1791 and disbanded in 1799. It was re-started in 1819, and decided in 1820 to build a building. This was designed probably by North Carolina's state architect William Nichols.[2]

It came to serve as the town's lecture hall, opera house, Civil War hospital, and other functions. It was also known as the King Street Opera House.[2]

It was deemed architecturally significant "as an interesting example of the adaptive usage of early Greek Revival motifs in a building constructed specifically as a Masonic lodge."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d John B. Wells, III; Greer Suttlemyre (December 1970). "Eagle Lodge" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

External links

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-268, "Eagle Lodge, 142 West King Street, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC", 3 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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