Built c. 1835 (1835) NRHP Reference # 88002179 Designated VLR April 21, 1987 Added to NRHP 3 November 1988 | Built by John and Samuel Jordan VLR # 081-0201 Area 8,000 m² | |
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Location VA 631, near Lexington, Virginia |
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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