Sickles Tavern Explained

Sickles Tavern
Coordinates:40.4406°N -91.6036°W
Built:c.
Added:October 22, 1979
Refnum:79001357

Sickles Tavern, also known as Hickory Inn, is a historic inn and tavern located near Wayland, Clark County, Missouri. It was built about 1846, and is a two-story, rectangular, vernacular frame dwelling with full basement and attic. It is an example of a "two-thirds house" - a two-story structure one room wide and two rooms deep, with an end hallway. During the 19th century, it is believed that the house was a tavernand stopping place for the mail and passenger coaches passing from Iowa into Kansas and beyond.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sickles Tavern. 2016-11-01. Janice R. Cameron. PDF. n.d.. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.