282 Market St., Swansea, Massachusetts. County/parish: Bristol.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 16, 1990. NRIS 90000072.
Part of Swansea MRA (NRIS 64000296).
1 contributing building.
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.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789671