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The Raleigh Tavern was a tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was one of the largest taverns in colonial Virginia.It gained some fame in the pre-American Revolutionary War Colony of Virginia as a gathering place for legislators after several Royal Governors officially dissolved the House of Burgesses, the elected legislative body, when their actions did not suit the Crown.
Newtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Newtown, King and Queen County, Virginia, United States.About 45 miles northeast of Richmond on the Middle Peninsula, Newtown took the name of the plantation of Captain John Richards, who had a store and ordinary (tavern/inn) on the post road (or King's Highway) between Williamsburg, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Millers Tavern Rural Historic District encompasses a large rural landscape in western Essex County, Virginia, United States, extending partly into eastern King and Queen County. Its 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) landscape has seen only modest alterations since the 17th century, with predominantly agricultural uses persisting.
December 13, 2024 (Blue Ridge Parkway through Virginia and North Carolina: Montvale vicinity: 10: Brook Hill Farm: Brook Hill Farm: June 6, 1997 (0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of the junction of U.S. Route 221 and Bellevue Rd.
Merchants Square is a 20th-century interpretation of an 18th-century-style retail village in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
Michie Tavern (Pron: /ˈmɪki/), located in Albemarle County, Virginia, is a Virginia Historic Landmark that was established in 1784 by Scotsman William Michie, though in Earlysville. The Tavern served as the social center of its community and provided travelers with food, drink and lodging.
Yew Hill-Robert Ashby's Tavern-Shacklett's Tavern, known before 1760 as "Watts" or "Watts Ordinary", is a historic inn and tavern located near Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1760–1761, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-bay, Colonial-era frame structure. It sits on a stone foundation and features a jerkin ...
In the 1890s, Frederick Schwab (a veteran who had served in the Alexandria Artillery also known as Kemper's Battery) was proprietor of a saloon located in the original 1785 tavern portion of Gadsby's Tavern at 132 N. Royal Street (See 132 street number with “Sal.” for Saloon at the site of the 1785 tavern in the 1891, 1896, and 1902 Sanborn Maps of Alexandria, VA.).