| Eagle Lodge | |
| Nrhp Type: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | 142 W. King St., Hillsborough, North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 36.0753°N -79.0997°W |
| Built: | 1823 |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Architect: | William Nichols |
| Added: | April 16, 1971 |
| Area: | 1acres |
| Partof: | Hillsborough Historic District |
| Refnum: | 71000607 |
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.[1]
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.[1]
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.[1]
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."[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.