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South Boston Historic District is a national historic district located at South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 594 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures in the Village of South Boston. It consists of industrial, commercial, and residential building types dating from the mid-19th century to the present.
Southwestern side of U.S. Route 17, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Champlain ... Millers Tavern Rural Historic District: June 5, 2017
Some establishments clarify their claims with oldest continuously operating tavern, oldest family-owned tavern, oldest drinking establishment, or oldest licensed since there are many ways to distinguish the oldest tavern. The first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts, was a Puritan ordinary, opened on March 4, 1633. [17]
South Boston is located south of the center of Halifax County at (36.707722, −78.903388 It is bordered to the south by the unincorporated community of Riverdale . U.S. Route 501 passes through the center of the town, leading north 5 miles (8 km) to Halifax , the county seat , and south 23 miles (37 km) to Roxboro, North Carolina .
Amrheins, open since 1890, is the oldest bar in South Boston. They also have the first draft beer pump in Boston and the oldest hand carved bar in America is on display. [1] In January 2019, it was announced there was an agreement for sale for $18 million. [2] They had been on the market at least since the summer of 2018. [3]
White Horse Tavern: Newport: RI 1673 Tavern Oldest tavern in America. [42] Originally constructed in 1652 as a residence for judge Francis Brinley, converted to a tavern in 1673. [43] Brown House: Hamilton: MA 1673 Residential Old Trinity Church, Maryland: Church Creek: MD 1675 Religious Church building in continuous use; as such, oldest in the ...
In the 1890s, Frederick Schwab (a veteran who had served in the Alexandria Artillery also known as Kemper's Battery) was proprietor of a saloon located in the original 1785 tavern portion of Gadsby's Tavern at 132 N. Royal Street (See 132 street number with “Sal.” for Saloon at the site of the 1785 tavern in the 1891, 1896, and 1902 Sanborn Maps of Alexandria, VA.).
The Millers Tavern Rural Historic District encompasses a large rural landscape in western Essex County, Virginia, United States, extending partly into eastern King and Queen County. Its 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) landscape has seen only modest alterations since the 17th century, with predominantly agricultural uses persisting.