Tankersley Tavern

Tankersley Tavern

Front and western end
Location VA 631, near Lexington, Virginia
Coordinates 37°47′37.5″N 79°25′42″W / 37.793750°N 79.42833°W / 37.793750; -79.42833Coordinates: 37°47′37.5″N 79°25′42″W / 37.793750°N 79.42833°W / 37.793750; -79.42833
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built c. 1835 (1835)
Built by John and Samuel Jordan
NRHP Reference # 88002179[1]
VLR # 081-0201
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 3, 1988
Designated VLR April 21, 1987[2]

Tankersley Tavern, also known as Old Bridge, is a historic building located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built in three sections with the oldest dated to about 1835. It is a two-story, nine-bay, single pile, frame building with an exposed basement and a decorative two-level gallery on the front facade. Also on the property are the contributing washhouse/kitchen, three frame sheds and a stone abutment for a bridge. It was originally built as a toll house (toll gate) at the county end of the bridge crossing the Maury River from the Valley Turnpike into Lexington. It later housed a tavern, canal ticket office, general store, post office, and dwelling.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Henry and Dolores Bausum and Pamela Simpson (February 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tankersley Tavern" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
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