Yew Hill-Robert Ashby's Tavern-Shacklett's Tavern

10030 John Marshall Hwy., Delaplane, Virginia. County/parish: Fauquier.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 20, 2005. NRIS 04001535.

4 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 030-0060
  • DHR File Numbers 030-5369-0127

From Wikipedia:

Yew Hill-Robert Ashby's Tavern-Shacklett's Tavern

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+12-story, three-bay, Colonial-era frame structure. It sits on a stone foundation and features a jerkin-head gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing meat house, built about 1760–1817; barn (1798–1799, 1857); and spring house ruin (c. 1800). The building housed an ordinary from the time of its construction until 1879.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680637

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