Lerch Tavern

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Lerch Tavern
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Lerch Tavern, April 2011
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Location182-184 W. Penn Ave, Wernersville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°19′47″N76°5′3″W / 40.32972°N 76.08417°W / 40.32972; -76.08417 Coordinates: 40°19′47″N76°5′3″W / 40.32972°N 76.08417°W / 40.32972; -76.08417
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1797, c. 1870
Built byLerch, John Yost
NRHP reference No. 79002171 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1979

Lerch Tavern is an historic, American inn and tavern building that is located in Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

History and architectural features

Built in 1797, this historic structure is a two-story, rectangular, limestone building. It measures five bays by two bays, and thirty-two feet by forty-two feet. The raised mansard roof was added circa 1870, replacing an earlier gable roof. The tavern operated into the 1850s, after which it was occupied as a private residence. It remained in the Lerch family from the time of its construction into the 1950s. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Leroy Machmer (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lerch Tavern" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.