Old Stone Tavern (Atkins, Virginia)

Old Stone Tavern
Location US 11, near Atkins, Virginia
Coordinates 36°51′51″N 81°26′12″W / 36.86417°N 81.43667°W / 36.86417; -81.43667Coordinates: 36°51′51″N 81°26′12″W / 36.86417°N 81.43667°W / 36.86417; -81.43667
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built c. 1815 (1815)
NRHP Reference # 82004595[1]
VLR # 086-0002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 8, 1982
Designated VLR March 17, 1981[2]

Old Stone Tavern, also known as Rock House, is a historic inn and tavern located near Atkins, Smyth County, Virginia. It was built about 1815, and is a two-story, three bay, limestone structure with a central-hall plan. A frame rear ell was added in the mid-19th century. It has a side gable roof. The front facade features a mid-19th century porch supported by chamfered columns connected on each level by a decorative cyma frieze and sawn balustrade. The tavern was built to accommodate travelers in the heavy migration through Cumberland Gap to the west in the early 19th century.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Stone Tavern" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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