Miller's Tavern, later known as Brooke County Historical Museum, was a historic inn and tavern located at Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1797, as a two-story, rectangular brick building with a hipped roof. It sat on a sandstone foundation and lintels. It was one of the Ohio Valley's oldest surviving examples of Federal architecture. It housed the Brooke County Historical Museum from 1973 to 2018.[2]
Miller's Tavern | |
 Miller's Tavern, April 2011 | |
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| Location | 6th and Main Sts., Wellsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°16′9″N 80°36′50″W / 40.26917°N 80.61389°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1797 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002790 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 14, 1978 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] This historic building was torn down November 2019 with intentions to erect a municipal building that will house the magistrate court.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miller's Tavern" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
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