Eagle Tavern (Halifax, North Carolina)

Eagle Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Main St., Halifax, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°19′47″N 77°35′20″W / 36.32972°N 77.58889°WCoordinates: 36°19′47″N 77°35′20″W / 36.32972°N 77.58889°W
Area	less than one acre
NRHP Reference #	73001349[1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 1973

The Eagle Tavern is an historic tavern built in the 1790s in Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. The tavern (known as the "Eagle Hotel" in the 1820s) served as an overnight stop on February 27, 1825 for the official traveling party during the Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States.^[2] The tavern is demarcated as "E-68" on the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program.^[3] It is a two-story, pedimented, "T"-shaped tripartite frame building. It was moved to its present site in the 1840s.^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. NCPedia
3. NC Markers
4. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (March 1973). "Eagle Tavern" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.