US 40, Wharton Township, Chalkhill, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Fayette.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 27, 1995. NRIS 95001351.
Part of National Road in Pennsylvania MPS (NRIS 64500534).
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Downer Tavern, also known as the Jonathan Downer House, is a historic home that also served as an inn and tavern located in Chalk Hill, Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1826, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, 5-bay, brick building with a center hall floor plan with Federal style detailing. It has a two-story, kitchen ell. Also on the property is a 1+1⁄2-story stone spring house (now a residence) and a late-19th century frame wash house. It served as a stop for 19th-century travelers on the National Road.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992906