Mahone's Tavern Explained

Mahone's Tavern
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 20, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:201-0001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:22341 Main St., Courtland, Virginia
Coordinates:36.7142°N -77.067°W
Builder:Hunt, Thomas; Adams, Henry
Architecture:Federal, I-house
Added:May 29, 2008
Refnum:08000483

Mahone's Tavern, also known as Kello's Tavern, Vaughn's Tavern and Howard's Hotel, is a historic inn and tavern located in Courtland, Southampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1796, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed, wood-framed structure with exterior gable end chimneys. A rebuilt hyphen and kitchen structure were added in 1933.

In 1831, like nearly every standing building in Courtland, or Jerusalem at the time, it became a refuge and gathering place for local citizens during the slave uprising led by Nat Turner, known as Nat Turner's Rebellion. The building was also the boyhood home of two persons who later achieved national prominence: Confederate General William Mahone and John J. Kindred, resident from 1859 to 1869, who later became a U.S. Senator from New York. It ceased being used as a tavern or hotel in 1901.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mahone's Tavern. Harwood Paige Watkinson Jr., Simone A. Kiere. July 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos