Pittsboro Masonic Lodge

United States historic place


Pittsboro Masonic Lodge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Pittsboro Masonic Lodge, March 2007
35°43′13″N 79°10′32″W / 35.72028°N 79.17556°W / 35.72028; -79.17556
Area	less than one acre
Built	1838 (1838)
Built by	Hanks, Martin
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	78001938^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 31, 1978

Pittsboro Masonic Lodge, also known as Columbus Lodge No. 102, is a historic Masonic Lodge located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1838, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame building. In 1846, it was enlarged by the addition of the distinctive pedimented second-story overhang carried on heavy square pillars. It is one of the oldest still-functioning Masonic halls in North Carolina.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Mary Ellen Gadski (n.d.). "Pittsboro Masonic Lodge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.