Smithfield Masonic Lodge
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Smithfield Masonic Lodge, December 2014
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Location | 115 N. Second St., Smithfield, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°30′51″N 78°20′51″W / 35.51417°N 78.34750°WCoordinates: 35°30′51″N 78°20′51″W / 35.51417°N 78.34750°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | c. 1854 | , 1915-1917
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference # | 07001012 |
Added to NRHP | September 28, 2007 |
Smithfield Masonic Lodge, also known as the Brooks Building, is a historic Masonic Lodge located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1854, and 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.