Tuckwiller Tavern Explained

Tuckwiller Tavern
Location:2 miles northwest of Lewisburg on U.S. Route 60, near Lewisburg, West Virginia
Coordinates:37.8225°N -80.4792°W
Built:1826-1828
Builder:John W. Dunn
David K. Spotts
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:March 4, 1975
Refnum:75001891

Tuckwiller Tavern, also known as Valley View Stock Farm, Inc. and Wilson Farm, is a historic tavern located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built between 1826 and 1828, and is a large, two-story (plus basement) rectangular brick building with a one-story ell in an early rusticated Greek Revival style. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and features a portico supported by four massive, white wooden columns. Also on the property is a brick smokehouse. During the American Civil War, it was used as a headquarters and barracks in 1864 by Union General David Hunter.[1]

It is believed to have been built by "local brickmasons, contractors, and 'architects'" John W. Dunn and David K. Spotts.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tuckwiller Tavern. September 1974. 2011-08-05 . C.E. Turley and James-E. Harding . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.