Wallace-Baily Tavern

Coordinates: 39°59′36″N 79°51′5″W / 39.99333°N 79.85139°W / 39.99333; -79.85139
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Wallace-Baily Tavern
Wallace-Baily Tavern, October 2013
Wallace-Baily Tavern is located in Pennsylvania
Wallace-Baily Tavern
Wallace-Baily Tavern is located in the United States
Wallace-Baily Tavern
LocationU.S. Route 40, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Brier Hill, Redstone Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°59′36″N 79°51′5″W / 39.99333°N 79.85139°W / 39.99333; -79.85139
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSNational Road in Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.95001350[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 1995

Wallace-Baily Tavern is a historic home that also served as an inn and tavern located at Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1840, and is a 2+12-story, 3-bay, stone building. It has a frame kitchen ell an features a double stacked portico with Greek Revival design influences. The ruins of a wash house/summer kitchen are also on site. The tavern served as a stop for 19th-century travelers on the National Road.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jerry A. Clouse (July 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wallace-Baily Tavern" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.