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Short's Tavern

Coordinates: 41°45′42″N 71°16′9″W / 41.76167°N 71.26917°W / 41.76167; -71.26917
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Short's Tavern
Short's Tavern in 2013
Short's Tavern is located in Massachusetts
Short's Tavern
Short's Tavern is located in the United States
Short's Tavern
Location282 Market Street,
Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°45′42″N 71°16′9″W / 41.76167°N 71.26917°W / 41.76167; -71.26917
Arealess than one acre
Built1742
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPSSwansea MRA
NRHP reference No.90000072[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

Short's Tavern is a historic building in Swansea, Massachusetts. In form it is a three-quarter Georgian house, 2+12 stories in height and four bays across, with a side gable roof and a central chimney. The main entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window and gabled pediment. The house was built c. 1742 as a farm house, and was acquired 1851 by James Short, who operated a tavern on the premises, capitalizing on its location along what was then a major county road.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Short's Tavern". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-27.