Short's Tavern

282 Market St., Swansea, Massachusetts. County/parish: Bristol.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 16, 1990. NRIS 90000072.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Short's Tavern

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789671

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