Widow Piper's Tavern
Widow Piper's Tavern | |
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| Location | SW corner of King and Queen Sts., Shippensburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1735 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001779[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 17, 1974 |
Widow Piper's Tavern, also known as the Old Courthouse and Shippensburg Civic Center, is a historic inn and tavern located at Shippensburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1735, and is a 2 1/2-story, irregular stone building with a 1-story kitchen wing. It housed the First Court of General Sessions of the Peace from July 1750 to April 1751. The building was donated to the Civic Club of Shippensburg in the 1930s.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located in the Shippensburg Historic District.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Harvey Freedenberg (July 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Widow Piper's Tavern" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-21.
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