Yates Tavern
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Yates Tavern | |
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Yancy Cabin, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | S of Gretna on U.S. 29, near Gretna, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°56′8″N 79°22′5″W / 36.93556°N 79.36806°WCoordinates: 36°56′8″N 79°22′5″W / 36.93556°N 79.36806°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Tidewater-Upland House |
| NRHP Reference # | 74002143[1] |
| VLR # | 071-0060 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 19, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | November 19, 1974[2] |
Yates Tavern, also known as Yancy Cabin, is a historic tavern located near Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The building dates to the late-18th or early-19th century, and is a two-story, frame building sheathed in weatherboard. It measures approximately 18 feet by 24 feet and has eight-inch jetty on each long side at the second-floor level. It is representative of a traditional hall-and-parlor Tidewater house. The building was occupied by a tavern in the early-19th century. It was restored in the 1970s.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (October 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Yates Tavern" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Yates Tavern - Pittsylvania County Historical Society
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. VA-270, "Yancy Cabin, U.S. Route 29 vicinity, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, VA", 4 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material
- Research on Yates Tavern history and family graves on location, by Dail Yeatts. Book sources listed: https://www.mitchellspublications.com/ur/loc/yeattssd/001.pdf
- Yates Family Cemetery, location map and coordiinates: http://www.yatesville.net/tngrey/showmap.php?cemeteryID=643&tree=
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