J. Huston Tavern

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Arrow Rock Tavern

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Arrow Rock Tavern, January 2007
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Location Main St., Arrow Rock, Missouri
Coordinates 39°4′3″N92°56′42″W / 39.06750°N 92.94500°W / 39.06750; -92.94500 Coordinates: 39°4′3″N92°56′42″W / 39.06750°N 92.94500°W / 39.06750; -92.94500
Area less than one acre
Built 1834 (1834)
Built by Huston,Joseph
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 72000729 [1]
Added to NRHP February 23, 1972

J. Huston Tavern, also known as the Arrow Rock Tavern and The Old Tavern, is a historic tavern building located at Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri. It was built in 1834 by Judge Joseph Huston, and is a 2 1/2-story, Federal style brick building. A store with a second-floor ballroom was added in 1840. [2] :3 The tavern is the oldest continuously serving restaurant west of the Mississippi River. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Stephen Lissandrello (September 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Arrow Rock" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 16 photographs from 2012)
  3. Missouri State Parks