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SUMMARY:Picnic for Preservation
DESCRIPTION:This month\, the Chili Billie’s Cooking Team is serving up picnic food to raise funds for preservation of our historic Masonic Hall. They are selling hot dogs\, hamburgers\, chili – of course! – and all the other fixings. We will also have an assortment of chips\, sodas\, and bottled water for purchase\, too. \nThe Chili Billie’s Cooking Team is made up of Tim Walker and Jason Ross\, lifelong friends who were born about two weeks apart and grew up on adjoining farms in northern Alamance County. They enjoy competitive cooking of all kinds but most recently have been traveling the east coast as far north as WV and as far south as Florida cooking in International Chili Society sanctioned chili cook offs\, where both have qualified for the World Championships to be held in Indianapolis in October.
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/picnic-for-preservation/
LOCATION:Mason’s Lodge\, 142 W. King St. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Masonic Hall Guided Tours
DESCRIPTION:The brothers of Eagle Lodge #19 are inviting the community to our historic Masonic Hall building for guided tours from 6-8:30 pm on the last Friday of each month from April to September. Tours are ongoing\, so stop by anytime during Last Friday.\n\nYou will begin with a history of our lot\, located along the Occaneechi Trading Path\, where the Regulators destroyed Edmund Fanning’s house in 1770. We will then welcome you inside and guide you through one of the earliest and most significant Masonic buildings in North America. Designed by North Carolina state architect William Nichols in the early 1820s\, our Greek Revival lodge building was constructed to be a lodge under the supervision of master builders Samuel Hancock and John Berry and was completed in 1825. Inside\, you will learn about the fire that nearly destroyed the building in 1945\, the unique arrangement of masonic lodge rooms\, some of the meaning behind our iconic symbols\, our connections to the history of UNC\, the design feature that was removed from our roof during the Civil War\, as well as the building’s many additional uses. For example\, the building once doubled as the Hillsborough Opera House and during several wars the building served as a hospital or preparatory for the American Red Cross.\n\nWe will also have cold bottled water and sodas for guests\, with additional activities throughout the summer in conjunction with the Arts Council’s Last Fridays celebrations. Tours are free\, though donations to our Historic Eagle Lodge Foundation are greatly appreciated and will contribute to ongoing preservation of our building.
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/masonic-hall-guided-tours/2025-04-25/
LOCATION:Mason’s Lodge\, 142 W. King St. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, United States
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