The gable-fronted building did double duty as Masonic hall and town hall, with shops (and once a post office) on the first floor. Chartered in 1755, Port Royal's is the second oldest Masonic lodge in Virginia. Two Greek Revival shop fronts survive in spite of the building's derelict state.
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