Adoniram Masonic Lodge

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Adoniram Masonic Lodge
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LocationJct. of NC 1410 and NC 1300, near Cornwall, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°28′46″N78°39′58″W / 36.47944°N 78.66611°W / 36.47944; -78.66611 Coordinates: 36°28′46″N78°39′58″W / 36.47944°N 78.66611°W / 36.47944; -78.66611
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1917 (1917)
Architectural style Masonic lodge
MPS Granville County MPS
NRHP reference No. 88001253 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1988

Adoniram Masonic Lodge is a historic Masonic Lodge located near Cornwall, Granville County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917, and is a two-story, four-bay, one-room-deep, I-house style frame building. It features a full-width porch with enclosed end bays adorned with turned posts and feathery cut brackets. It housed a public school between 1917 and 1923. The building was moved to its present location in 1948. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (October 1987). "Adoniram Masonic Lodge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.