Miller's Tavern

Miller's Tavern

Miller's Tavern, April 2011
Location 6th and Main Sts., Wellsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 40°16′9″N 80°36′50″W / 40.26917°N 80.61389°W / 40.26917; -80.61389Coordinates: 40°16′9″N 80°36′50″W / 40.26917°N 80.61389°W / 40.26917; -80.61389
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1797
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference #

78002790

[1]
Added to NRHP December 14, 1978

Miller's Tavern, now known as Brooke County Historical Museum, is a historic inn and tavern located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1797, and is a two story, rectangular brick building with a hipped roof. It sits on a sandstone foundation and lintels. It is one of the Ohio Valley's oldest surviving examples of Federal architecture. It has housed the Brooke County Historical Museum since 1973.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rodney S. Collins (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miller's Tavern" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.


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