Eagle Tavern
National Register of Historic Places

Eagle Tavern

Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina
Listed
April 23, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
73001349

About this property

The Eagle Tavern is a 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 for the official traveling party during the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States. The tavern is demarcated as "E-68" on the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program. It is a two-story, pedimented, T-shaped tripartite frame building. Previously located on the lot next to the Church of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 145 South King Street in Halifax and acquired by the merchant Michael Ferrall in 1838, the Eagle Tavern was donated to the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh in the 1963 will of Nannie Gary, a great granddaughter of Michael Ferrall, who then lived in the Eagle Tavern. After accepting the gift from Nannie Gary’s estate after her death in 1969 the Diocese determined that it was not feasible to use the Ferrall house (Eagle Tavern) for charitable or religious purposes. The house was then conveyed to the Historic Halifax Restoration Association and the house was moved up King Street in the 1970s to the location of the Halifax Visitors Center where it was restored and interpreted as a museum in the style of the “Eagle Tavern”.

Location

Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina
36.32945, -77.58896

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Halifax County Courthouse
Industrial
0.1 mi
Town of Halifax Historic District
Listed
0.2 mi
Davie, William R., House
Industrial
0.2 mi
Sally-Billy House
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0.2 mi
Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Michael Ferrall Family Cemetery
Industrial
0.3 mi

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When was Eagle Tavern listed on the National Register?

Eagle Tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Eagle Tavern?

Eagle Tavern is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Eagle Tavern is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1838.

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