Miller's Tavern Explained

Miller's Tavern
Coordinates:40.2692°N -80.6139°W
Built:1797
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 14, 1978
Refnum:78002790

Miller's Tavern, now known as Brooke County Historical Museum, is a historic inn and tavern located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1797, and is a two-story, rectangular brick building with a hipped roof. It sits on a sandstone foundation and lintels. It is one of the Ohio Valley's oldest surviving examples of Federal architecture. It has housed the Brooke County Historical Museum since 1973.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

This historic building was torn down November 2019 with intentions to erect a municipal building that will house the magistrate court.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miller's Tavern. July 1978. 2011-07-23 . Rodney S. Collins. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.