The Clover Hill Tavern and dependencies are the oldest group of structures in the village.
Clover Hill Tavern
BUILT 1819
RESTORED 1954
Description:
2 stories with full attic, 39'x23'. 4-bays with full-length porch on
South elevation. Porch is supported on brick foundation piers.
Served travelers & stage line on the Richmond-Lynchburg Stage
Road. After Lee's surrender, paroles for Confederates were
printed in the downstairs rooms. Bar & dining room additions once
flanked the tavern.
Clover Hill Tavern Kitchen
BUILT 1819
RESTORED 1953
Description:
2-stories with 2nd-story additional guest rooms, full attic,
32'x18'. 3-bays on 2nd floor. Steps to 2nd porch on South elevation.
Serviced dining room that once stood at West end of main building.
Upstairs room accommodated travelers for whom there was no room
in tavern or guest house.
Clover Hill Tavern Guest House
BUILT 1819
RESTORED 1959
Description:
2 stories with finished attic, 22'x20'. Dominant roof & complex of
stairs, balconies & porches which surround building, all contained
below roof. Rooms have private access by exterior stairs. The
structure's three floors served as guest rooms for Clover Hill
Tavern.
Clover Hill Slave Quarters
RECONSTRUCTED 1953 - 1954
Description:
1-story frame cabin with attic, 15'x28'. 4 bays, central chimney,
sheathed in random board & batten. Contributes to tavern &
village scene as it was at time of Surrender. Reconstruction of
1820 slave quarters.
Paroling the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
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