Tankersley Tavern | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | April 21, 1987[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 081-0201 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 37.7938°N -79.4283°W |
Built: | c. |
Builder: | John and Samuel Jordan |
Added: | November 3, 1988 |
Refnum: | 88002179 |
Tankersley Tavern, also known as Old Bridge, is a historic building located near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was built in three sections with the oldest dated to about 1835. It is a two-story, nine-bay, single pile, frame building with an exposed basement and a decorative two-level gallery on the front facade. Also on the property are the contributing washhouse/kitchen, three frame sheds and a stone abutment for a bridge. It was originally built as a toll house (toll gate) at the county end of the bridge crossing the Maury River from the Valley Turnpike into Lexington. It later housed a tavern, canal ticket office, general store, post office, and dwelling.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.