Tinsley Tavern Explained

Tinsley Tavern
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 6, 2006[1]
Designated Other1 Number:037-0032
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.7614°N -78.1028°W
Built:c., c. 1920
Architecture:Federal
Added:April 4, 2007
Refnum:07000276

Tinsley Tavern, also known as Tinsleyville Tavern, is a historic inn and tavern located near Columbia in Goochland County, Virginia. It was built about 1802, and is a two-story, vernacular Federal period building. It has a center passage plan, and features wood-frame construction with weatherboard cladding. A -story, rear addition dates to about 1920. The building was used as a drover's tavern until 1836, after which it was occupied as a single family home.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tinsley Tavern . Phyllis B. Silber . August 2006. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos