Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase)
National Register of Historic Places

Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase)

Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia
Listed
March 22, 2006
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
06000172

About this property

Snodgrass Tavern is an historic tavern located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The structure was built in stages beginning around 1742, and is one of the oldest buildings in West Virginia still standing. It is uncertain when the structure became a tavern; but according to Early Hedgesville Chronicles 1720–1947, by William Moore, an account of Robert Snodgrass's wife, Susannah and their first daughter, baby Elizabeth describes it having been used as a tavern during the Indian wars at the brink of the French and Indian War (early to mid 1750s). Specifically, they hid beneath the floors of the tavern, while the Indians drank and fought above. The tavern lasted until 1847, when the property was sold as a private residence. The structure and surrounding property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia
39.56327, -78.02464

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Snodgrass Tavern
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0.6 mi
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Hedgesville Historic District
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1.8 mi
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1.9 mi
Speck, Peter, House
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When was Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 2006.

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Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Snodgrass Tavern (Boundary Increase) is recorded as the colonial era.

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