Tuckwiller Tavern

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Tuckwiller Tavern
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Location2 miles northwest of Lewisburg on U.S. Route 60, near Lewisburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°49′21″N80°28′45″W / 37.82250°N 80.47917°W / 37.82250; -80.47917
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1826-1828
Built by John W. Dunn; David K. Spotts
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 75001891 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 4, 1975

Tuckwiller Tavern, also known as Valley View Stock Farm, Inc. and Wilson Farm, is a historic tavern located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built between 1826 and 1828, and is a large, two-story (plus basement) rectangular brick building with a one-story ell in an early rusticated Greek Revival style. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and features a portico supported by four massive, white wooden columns. Also on the property is a brick smokehouse. During the American Civil War, it was used as a headquarters and barracks in 1864 by Union General David Hunter. [2]

It is believed to have been built by "local brickmasons, contractors, and 'architects'" John W. Dunn and David K. Spotts. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 C.E. Turley and James-E. Harding (September 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tuckwiller Tavern" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.