{"nrhp_refnum":"83001868","name":"Phoenix Masonic Lodge No. 8","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"221 Mason St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.05606689900003,"lon":-78.87965382899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival Masonic lodge hall at St. John's Square in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, dating from c. 1855 with flanking wings added 1948-1950. It replaced an original lodge building erected on the same site in 1793-1794.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Phoenix Lodge No. 8 is among North Carolina's oldest surviving lodges, chartered in 1793 as the eighth in the state. Its members included prominent early figures such as John Louis Taylor and Robert Strange, and the hall hosted the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825, a school, and a theater group. The surviving building is cited as an example of antebellum Greek Revival design in the state.","narrative":"Set on St. John's Square in Fayetteville, this two-story frame meeting hall was built in the 1850s on the site of an earlier lodge hall erected in 1793-1794. Its hip roof, octagonal porch columns, 6/6 sash windows and sidelighted entrance follow the Greek Revival style common in antebellum North Carolina. The Phoenix Lodge was chartered in 1793 as the eighth lodge in the state and counted early local leaders among its members, including John Louis Taylor, later the first chief justice of the State Supreme Court, and Robert Strange, a lawyer and judge. The hall welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825, housed a schoolroom for the Fayetteville Academy, and hosted a local theater group. Flanking wings added in 1948-1950 extended the facade. The building remains the lodge's meeting place, and its interior retains a Corinthian-columned dais and a second-floor meeting room arranged according to Masonic tradition.","period_of_significance":"c. 1855","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Continues to serve as the meeting hall for the lodge.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.173619-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/7175/47717581/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001868.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001868/1f14c518c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001868/1f14c518c3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Amittaizero","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Masonic_Lodge.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Amittaizero</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Masonic_Lodge.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000779","name":"Fayetteville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/fayetteville-downtown-historic-district-99000779/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717581","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Masonic_Lodge_No._8","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18211277"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/phoenix-masonic-lodge-no-8-83001868/"}