French's Tavern
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| Location | 6100 Old Buckingham Rd., near Ballsville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°29′34″N 78°04′58″W / 37.49278°N 78.08278°W |
| Area | 120 acres (49 ha) |
| Built | c. 1730 |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000293[1] |
| VLR No. | 072-0105 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 21, 1989 |
| Designated VLR | December 13, 1988[2] |
French's Tavern, also known as Swan's Creek Plantation, Indian Camp, Harris's Store, and The Coleman Place, is a historic house and tavern located near Ballsville, Powhatan County, Virginia. The two-story, frame building complex is in five distinct sections, with the earliest dated to about 1730. The sections consist of the main block, the wing, the annex, the hyphen and galleries. It was built as the manor home for a large plantation, and operated as an ordinary in the first half of the 19th century.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Elmer H. and Agnes E. Gish (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: French's Tavern" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Houses completed in 1730
- Houses in Powhatan County, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Powhatan County, Virginia
- 1730 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Central Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Powhatan County, Virginia geography stubs