Short's Tavern
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Short's Tavern | |
Location | 282 Market Street, Swansea, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°45′42″N 71°16′9″W / 41.76167°N 71.26917°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1742 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
MPS | Swansea MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 90000072[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 16, 1990 |
Short's Tavern is a historic building in Swansea, Massachusetts. In form it is a three-quarter Georgian house, 2+1⁄2 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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Short's Tavern". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
Categories:
- Taverns in Massachusetts
- Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures in Swansea, Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures completed in 1742
- 1742 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Bristol County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs