Inns on the National Road

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The Inns on the National Road is a national historic district near Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It originally consisted of 11 Maryland inns on the National Road and located in Allegany and Garrett counties. Those that remain stand as the physical remains of the almost-legendary hospitality offered on this well-traveled route to the west. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Clarysville Inn site: The Clarysville Inn stood along the old section of the National Road, U.S. Route 40, to the south of the present road at Clarysville. It was a 2+1⁄2-story brick structure with flush double chimneys at the gable ends, a symmetrical facade, and 6/6 sash windows. After 1936, the original porch with a balustrade was replaced by semi-circular Tuscan-columned porch which extended the length of the central three bays and also contained an upper-level balustrade. Supposedly built around 1807 by a wealthy mid-western landowner, the Inn was initially used as a tavern along the old turnpike. The inn was used as a hospital during the American Civil War and then used as a restaurant before it was destroyed by fire on March 10, 1999. Once owned by family and Cas Taylor the inn was sold between 1970s and 1995 to an unknown buyer. Colonial Manor: Colonial Manor, or Turkey Flight Manor, is on the south side of present U.S. Route 40, north of old Route 40 in the Naves Crossroad area at the intersection of U.S. Route 220. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, mid-19th-century classically influenced brick structure. It was altered in the 1940s when Route 40 was relocated to the north of the house. The building served as a hospital after the American Civil War battle at nearby Falch's Mill in 1864. Early Frame House: Early Frame House is located on U.S. Route 40 at Pleasant Grove on the slope of a hill several feet above the National Pike. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, mid-19th-century frame structure with a tin-covered gable roof. Five Mile House: Five Mile House is one mile west of Four Mile House and five miles west of Cumberland, on U.S. Route 40 at La Vale. It is two and a half stories high and five bays in width, with a large cross gable. Flintstone Hotel: Flintstone Hotel, also called the Piper Hotel, is located on U.S. Route 40 at Flintstone. It is a large 2+1⁄2-story classically influenced brick structure the early to mid-19th century. It is said to have been built originally about 1807 for John Davis (a large landowner) as a private residence. Well-known visitors to the hotel are believed to include the Marquis de Lafayette (1824), Henry Clay, and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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