Yates Tavern

S of Gretna on U.S. 29, Gretna, Virginia. County/parish: Pittsylvania.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 19, 1974. NRIS 74002143.

1 contributing building.

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Yates Tavern

Yates Tavern, also known as Yancy Cabin, is a historic tavern located near Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The building dates to the late-18th or early-19th century, and is a two-story, frame building sheathed in weatherboard. It measures approximately 18 feet by 24 feet and has eight-inch jetty on each long side at the second-floor level. It is representative of a traditional hall-and-parlor Tidewater house. The building was occupied by a tavern in the early-19th century. It was restored in the 1970s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682556

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