Area less than one acre Added to NRHP 24 April 1973 | NRHP Reference # 73001349 | |
Location Main St., Halifax, North Carolina |
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. 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. It was moved to its present site in the 1840s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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