Smithfield Masonic Lodge Explained

Smithfield Masonic Lodge
Location:115 N. Second St., Smithfield, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.5142°N -78.3475°W
Built:c., 1915-1917
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:September 28, 2007
Refnum:07001012

Smithfield Masonic Lodge, also known as the Brooks Building, is a historic Masonic Lodge located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States It is believed to be built in about 1854, and had moved to its present location in 1915–1917. It is a two-story, three-bay, rectangular vernacular Greek Revival style frame building. It has a gable front temple form and is sheathed in plain weatherboard. Fellowship Lodge No. 84 occupied the building until the 1940s, and the Smithfield Woman's Club met in the building from 1917 through 1933. The building house Smithfield's first public library operated by the Smithfield Woman's Club.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ellen Turco . Smithfield Masonic Lodge . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 2007. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.