National Register of Historic Places

Hopestill Bent Tavern

Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
March 9, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
90000188

About this property

The Hopestill Bent Tavern is a historic First Period tavern (now a private residence) in Wayland, Massachusetts, United States. The oldest portion of this 2+1⁄2-story building was built on this site c. 1710, and consisted of two rooms with a central chimney. Around 1800 a second First Period structure was moved to the site and attached to the first, giving the building most of its present form. The building is also unusual for the period in that some of its rooms have no fireplace, and that the upstairs exhibits evidence of significant reuse of older building materials, a practice that was generally restricted to the attic or basement. The building exhibits modest Federal styling, in keeping with the c. 1800 alterations. Its builder and first proprietor was Hopestill Bent (1672–1725). Hopestill Bent fought in King William's War (one of the French and Indian Wars). Hopestill Bent was the great-grandfather of Silas Bent Jr. and great-great-grandfather of Charles Bent, the trader and first territorial Governor of New Mexico during the Mexican-American War The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Location

252 Old Connecticut Path
Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.34185, -71.37018

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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When was Hopestill Bent Tavern listed on the National Register?

Hopestill Bent Tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 1990.

What type of historic resource is Hopestill Bent Tavern?

Hopestill Bent Tavern is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Hopestill Bent Tavern is recorded as the early_republic era.

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