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Eagle Lodge, 142 West King St Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Eagle Lodge No. 19, A. F. & A. M., chartered in 1971, built the building had has always occupied it. The site is one of the town`s most historic bits of ground. On or very nearly on the site of the present Masonic Hall stood the notorious Edmund Fanning`s House, cut from its sills by the Regulators in the uprising of Sept. 25, 1770. Fanning`s house and lot was the target for much Regulator activity. When the Masonic Hall was built in 1823, it served as the town`s lecture hall, concert hall, and auditorium for decades, housing all manner of civic activity. A notable occasion was the dinner on Sept. 7, 1944, following the laying of the cornerstones for the Old Courthouse; the Hall was used for concerts by the Nash and Kollock school; and as a center for aid of all kinds during the Civil War.
Eagle Lodge, 142 West King St Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Eagle Lodge No. 19, A. F. & A. M., chartered in 1971, built the building had has always occupied it. The site is one of the town`s most historic bits of ground. On or very nearly on the site of the present Masonic Hall stood the notorious Edmund Fanning`s House, cut from its sills by the Regulators in the uprising of Sept. 25, 1770. Fanning`s house and lot was the target for much Regulator activity. When the Masonic Hall was built in 1823, it served as the town`s lecture hall, concert hall, and auditorium for decades, housing all manner of civic activity. A notable occasion was the dinner on Sept. 7, 1944, following the laying of the cornerstones for the Old Courthouse; the Hall was used for concerts by the Nash and Kollock school; and as a center for aid of all kinds during the Civil War.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
