Grooms Tavern Complex Explained

Grooms Tavern Complex
Location:Sugar Hill Rd. at Grooms Rd., Grooms Corners, New York
Coordinates:42.8347°N -73.8447°W
Built:ca. 1825
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal
Added:February 10, 2000
Refnum:00000094

Grooms Tavern Complex is a historic tavern located at Grooms Corners in Saratoga County, New York. The complex consists of the tavern, a wagon and blacksmith shop, and a frame privy. The tavern building was built about 1825 and is a 2-story, timber-framed, gable-roofed building in a vernacular Federal style. It consists of a main block with -story, frame kitchen wing in the rear. When expanded to two stories in the 1840s, a Greek Revival style cornice was added. The building was partially remodeled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tavern building was also operated as a general store. The wagon and blacksmith shop was constructed in the 1840s and is a 2-story, rectangular, timber-framed building with a gable roof in the Greek Revival style.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Grooms Tavern Complex. December 1999. 2010-12-12 . Raymond W. Smith. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying eight photos.