French's Tavern

6100 Old Buckingham Rd., Ballsville, Virginia. County/parish: Powhatan.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 21, 1989. NRIS 89000293.

2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Harris's Store
  • Indian Camp
  • Swan's Creek Plantation
  • The Colem

From Wikipedia:

French's Tavern

French's Tavern, also known as Swan's Creek Plantation, Indian Camp, Harris's Store, and The Coleman Place, is a historic house and tavern located near Ballsville, Powhatan County, Virginia. The two-story, frame building complex is in five distinct sections, with the earliest dated to about 1730. The sections consist of the main block, the wing, the annex, the hyphen and galleries. It was built as the manor home for a large plantation, and operated as an ordinary in the first half of the 19th century.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682658

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